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Cristo expulsando a los mercaderes del templo (c.1600)

El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo expulsando a los mercaderes del templo (Christ driving the Traders from the Temple) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 106.3 × 129.7 cm National Gallery, London El Greco has used theatrical gestures and intense colours to express the chaos and…

Annunciazione (c.1307-1311)

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1307–1311 Egg tempera on wood, 44.5 × 45.8 cm National Gallery, London This panel was the first in a series of scenes of the infancy of Christ on the front of the predella (lowest part)…

Paysage avec Saint Jean à Patmos (1640)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec Saint Jean à Patmos (Landscape with Saint John on Patmos) 1640 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 136.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Although French by birth and training, Nicolas Poussin spent most of his career in…

Il rapimento delle Sabine (c.1675)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Il rapimento delle Sabine (The Abduction of the Sabine Women) c.1675 Oil on canvas, 260 × 295 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perhaps the most acclaimed and well-traveled artist in Italy at the end of the 17th century,…

Madonna and Child with Angels (after 1479)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Madonna and Child with Angels after 1479 Oil on panel, 57.6 x 46.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the tradition of his Flemish predecessors, Memling‘s painting contains a wealth of religious meaning; it is filled with symbols…