Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Saint Barbara 1437 Oil on panel, 32 x 18.2 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Barbara was the daughter of a nobleman who wanted to hide her away from admirers by locking her up in…
Saint Barbara (1437)
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Madonna in the Church (c.1437-1440)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna in the Church c.1437–1440 Oil on oak panel, 31.1 x 13.9 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The Madonna in the Church is one of the most beautiful and precious works of art created by Jan van Eyck. Copies…
Saint Bavo’s Cathedral (Ghent)
Consecrated: 942 Completed: 1628 Address: Sint-Baafsplein 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium Website: https://www.sintbaafskathedraal.be/en/ Works of Art: • Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441): Ghent altarpiece (1432) See also: • Bavo of Ghent | Cathedrals | Churches | Ghent (Belgium)
The Annunciation (c.1434-1436)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation c.1434–1436 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 90.2 x 34.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A play and a painting appear to have merged in Jan van Eyck’s dramatic Annunciation, which is rich with…
Allegory of Faith (1670-1672)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Allegory of Faith (Allegorie op het geloof) 1670–1672 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture, made at a moment when public celebrations of the Mass were forbidden in the Dutch…
View of Delft (c.1660-1661)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) View of Delft (Gezicht op Delft) c.1660–1661 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 115.7 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague View of Delft today: This is the most famous cityscape of the Dutch seventeenth century. The interplay of light and shade,…
Trinità dei Monti (Roma)
Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei Monti Founded: 1502 Completed: 1519 Address: Piazza della Trinità dei Monti, 3, 00187 Roma RM, Italia Website: https://trinitadeimonti.net/it/ Trinità dei Monti in Art: Corot, Camille (1796-1875) La Trinité-des-Monts 1825–1828 Musée du Louvre, Paris Corot,…
San Giovanni Crisostomo (Venezia)
Founded: 1080 Destroyed by fire: 1475 Rebuilt: 1497 Completed: 1525 Location: Salizada San Giovanni Crisostomo 5889, 30131 Venezia, Italia Works of Art: • Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516): Santi Cristoforo, Girolamo e Ludovico di Tolosa (1513) See also: • Churches | Venezia (Italia)
San Zaccaria (Venezia)
First built: 9th century Rebuilt: 1444 Finished: 1515 Location: Campo San Zaccaria, 4693, 30122 Venezia, Italia Works of Art: • Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516): Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (1505) See also: • Churches | Venezia (Italia)
Two Chained Monkeys (1562)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Two Chained Monkeys 1562 Oil on oak panel, 19.9 x 23.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Inscription lower left: • BRVEGEL • MDLXII • This unusual picture dates from the year 1562, shortly before Bruegel…