Tag: Caravaggio

David con la testa di Golia (c.1600)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) David con la testa di Golia (David and Goliath) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 110.4 x 91.3 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Compared with the many other treatments of this well-known biblical episode, the scene depicted in the Prado picture is…

Museo del Prado (Madrid)

Established: 1819 Location: Calle Ruiz de Alarcón 23, Madrid 28014 Website: https://www.museodelprado.es/en Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See…

Ecce Homo (c.1605)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ecce Homo c.1605 Oil on canvas, 128 x 103 cm Palazzo Bianco, Genova The canvas, the origin of which is still unclear, was recorded in the inventory of Palazzo Bianco in 1921 as being a copy by Lionello Spada of…

Deposizione (c.1600-1604)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Deposizione (Entombment of Christ) c.1600–1604 Oil on canvas, 300 x 203 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano The Deposition, considered one of Caravaggio‘s greatest masterpieces, was commissioned by Girolamo Vittrice for his family chapel in S. Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) in Rome.…

Pinacoteca Vaticana

Founded: 1932 Address: WF42+7WV, Viale Centro del Bosco, 00120 Città del Vaticano Website: https://www.vaticanmuseumsrome.com/pinacoteca Collection: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Deposizione (c.1600-04) • Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427): Dono alle fanciulle povere (1425) • Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427): La nascita di San Nicola (1425) • Gentile…

Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (1606-1607)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 202.5 x 152.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although Saint Andrew is typically associated with an X-shaped cross, here he is depicted on a standard vertical cross.…

Cattura di Cristo (1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cattura di Cristo (The Taking of Christ) 1602 Oil on canvas, 133.5 x 169.5 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Throughout history, few artists have caused as radical a change in pictorial perceptions as Caravaggio. From the moment his talent…

National Gallery of Ireland

Founded: 1854 Opened: 1864 Location: Merrion Square West, Dublin 2, Ireland Website: https://www.nationalgallery.ie/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See…

Musée des Beaux-Arts (Nancy)

Opened: 1793 Address: 3, Place Stanislas, 54000 Nancy Website: https://musee-des-beaux-arts.nancy.fr/ Collection: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Annunciazione (c.1609) • Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877): Portrait de Zélie (1853) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): L’Automne, Méry Laurent (1882) • Monet, Claude (1840-1926): Soleil couchant à Etretat (1883) See also: • Museums | Nancy (France)