Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint Barbara 1438 Oil on oak panel, 101 x 47 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Saint Barbara reads by the light of a fireplace in a richly appointed room. The key to her identity lies outside the window…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475 Oil on oak, 37.9 x 28 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary, bareheaded and richly dressed, holds the naked Christ Child, who rests on a white cushion on a ledge of purple-grey veined…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Phryné devant l’aréopage (Phryné before the Areopagus) 1861 Oil on canvas, 80 x 128 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Compare: Nadar (1820-1910) Femme nue debout 1860–1861 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Famed for his portraits of writers, artists, and…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Jacopo Pesaro presentato a san Pietro da papa Alessandro VI (Pope Alexander VI Borgia Presenting Jacopo Pesaro to Saint Peter) 1506–1510 Oil on canvas, 145 × 185 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp See also: • Borgia, Rodrigo (1431-1503), Pope Alexander…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ludovico Ariosto (or Gerolamo (?) Barbarigo) c.1510 Oil on canvas, 81.2 x 66.3 cm National Gallery, London Titian painted portraits more frequently than any other type of picture and he painted them throughout his long career. This is one of…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Papa Paolo III (Portrait of Pope Paul III) 1545–1546 Oil on canvas, 98 x 79 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di papa Paolo III a capo scoperto c.1543 Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli See also:…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di papa Paolo III a capo scoperto (Portrait of Pope Paul III without Cap) c.1543 Oil on canvas, 106 x 85 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Papa Paolo III 1545–1546 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg …
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt) c.1508 Oil on canvas, 206 x 336 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian, outstanding master of the Renaissance, is represented in the Hermitage by a number of superb works. The Flight into Egypt was…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Charity c.1627–1628 Oil on oak, 148.2 x 107.5 cm National Gallery, London In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul outlines the importance of faith, hope and charity, naming charity as the greatest of the three.…