Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Maddalena penitente (The Penitent Mary Magdalene) c.1622–1628 Oil on canvas, 163 × 208 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower right: HORATIVS GENE …FLORENTINVS Fully possessed of her physical beauty, the repentant sinner lies on the ground in…
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Pietà c.1530–1540 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 127 x 163 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
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…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Nymph of the Spring after 1537 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 72.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The nymph reclines beside a spring, perhaps a reference to a legendary ancient Roman fountain with which a…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) La Grotte de la Loue (The Cave of the Loue) 1864 Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 130.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Courbet painted events and scenery primarily from his native Ornans, a village in the remote Franche-Comté…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Magdalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) c.1650–1665 Oil on canvas, 46.67 x 46.36 cm Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) San Girolamo nel deserto (Saint Jerome in the Wilderness) c.1475–1480 Tempera on wood, 46.5 × 34.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ 1635 Oil on canvas, 115.5 × 207.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Antro dell’eternità (The Cave of Eternity) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 73.1 x 87.5 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of twelve – ten of which are in the National Gallery…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Madonna col Bambino e i santi Girolamo e Domenico (The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Dominic) c.1485 Oil and tempera on poplar, 203.2 x 186.1 cm National Gallery, London Predella: The Rucellai coat of arms. Saint Francis…