Tag: bone

Crocifissione (c.1587-1588)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1587–1588 Oil on canvas laid on panel, 81.5 × 61.5 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

Daniel in the Lions’ Den (c.1614-1616)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Daniel in the Lions’ Den c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 224.2 x 330.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Old Testament recounts how the Persian king Darius I “The Great” (550–486 BC) condemned the devout and steadfast…

A Woodland Road with Travelers (1607)

Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) A Woodland Road with Travelers 1607 Oil on wood, 46 x 83.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Jan, who was born shortly before the death of his famous father, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, advanced…

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c.1635)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c.1635 Oil on paper and pieces of canvas, mounted onto oak, 31.9 x 26.7 cm National Gallery, London Christ’s body has just been taken down from the Cross, and his family and…