Tag: church

A View in Cologne (c.1660-1665)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) A View in Cologne c.1660–1665 Oil on oak, 33.1 x 42.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of at least four versions that Jan van der Heyden made of this scene of Cologne and its half-built…

View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam (1660)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam probably 1660 Oil on oak, 90.7 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the ultimate seventeenth-century examples of what today we might think of as a high-resolution image.…

The Annunciation (1420-1425)

Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) The Annunciation 1420–1425 Oil on oak panel, 76 x 70 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The event is set in a gothic temple, alluding to the New Law that replaces the old one, represented by the Romanesque tower in…

L’église Saint-Pierre et le Sacré-Cœur à Paris (1912)

Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) L’église Saint-Pierre et le Sacré-Cœur à Paris (Saint Peter Church and the Holy Heart in Paris) 1912 Oil on cardboard, 48.5 × 64 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Compare: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) Eglise Saint-Pierre 1914 Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris…

Sacré-Cœur (Paris)

Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre Groundbreaking: 1875 Inauguration: 1891 Completed: 1914 Consecrated: 1919 Address: 35 Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, 75018 Paris, France Website: http://www.sacre-coeur-montmartre.com/ Le Sacré-Cœur in Art: Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955) L’église Saint-Pierre et le Sacré-Cœur à Paris 1912…