Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret) 1886 Oil on canvas, 32.3 x 24.8 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0212-JH0999 This skeleton with a burning cigarette is a student-like joke. Van…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Christ on the Cross 1627 Oil on panel, 105.3 x 73 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection When he returned to Antwerp after his sojourn in Italy, Anton van Dyck painted several Crucifixions for different churches…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) San Girolamo penitente (Penitent Saint Jerome) 1546 Oil on canvas, 99 x 90 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Lorenzo Lotto‘s various depictions of the penitent Saint Jerome span early versions influenced by Albrecht Dürer and Giovanni Bellini (Musée…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Scapegoat 1854–1856 Oil on canvas, 86 x 140 cm Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight Hunt designed the frame himself to complement the painting. William Holman Hunt‘s ‘The Scapegoat’ is one of the most popular…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) c.1826 Oil on canvas, 17.5 × 13.7 cm National Gallery, London Oedipus, a figure from Greek mythology, stands nude and in profile before the Sphinx, who guards the…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Meditazione sulla passione (The Meditation on the Passion) c.1490 Oil and tempera on wood, 66.5 × 84.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This remarkable picture is a meditation on death and resurrection. Christ’s dead body is displayed…
El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo en la cruz con un paisaje de Toledo (Christ on the Cross with a View of Toledo) c.1610–1614 Oil on canvas, 104.1 x 61.9 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati See also: • Catedral Primada Santa María de…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La Vergine con sei santi (The Virgin with Six Saints) 1755–1756 Oil on canvas, 72.8 × 56 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824) Lions dans un paysage montagneux (Lions in a Mountainous Landscape) c.1818–1820 Oil on wood, 48.3 x 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This vigorous painting of six lions in a remote, spectrally illuminated lair—possibly intended to…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella (Crucifix of Santa Maria Novella) c.1288–1289 Tempera on wood, 578 x 406 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze At the center of the nave, high above the steps that separate the lower from the upper…