Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Morte della Vergine (Death of the Virgin) c.1462 Oil on wood, 54.5 x 42 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary lies on her deathbed, surrounded by eleven Apostles. Through the window, the Borgo di San Giorgio and…
John (1166–1216) John Lackland, Jean sans Terre King of England (1199–1216) Lord of Ireland (1177–1216) Henry VIII (1491–1547) King of England (1509–1547) Lord of Ireland (1509–1542) King of Ireland (1509–1542) Edward VI (1537–1553) King of England (1547–1553) King of Ireland (1547–1553) Lady Jane…
Henry II (1133–1189) Henry of Anjou, Henry Plantagenet Henry FitzEmpress, Henry Curtmantle King of England (1154–1189) Richard I (1157–1199) Richard the Lionheart, Richard Coeur de Lion King of England (1189–1199) John (1166–1216) John Lackland, Jean sans Terre King of England (1199–1216) Lord of Ireland (1177–1216)…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) San Giovanni Battista (St John the Baptist) c.1508–1519 Oil on walnut panel, 72.9 x 56.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This painting was probably designed around 1508 and kept by Leonardo da Vinci until his death, to slowly…
(1471–1528) The artist’s works: Die Drahtziehmühle c.1489 Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin Portrait of Barbara Dürer, née Holper 1490 Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Albrecht Dürer the Elder 1490 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Christ as the Man of Sorrows c.1492–1493 Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe Self-Portrait Holding a Thistle…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Vocazione dei santi Pietro e Andrea (Calling of Saints Andrew and Peter) c.1602–1604 Oil on canvas, 140.1 x 176 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Christ gestures ahead while turning back to the brothers Simon (later Peter) and Andrew,…