Tag: cross

A Young Man at Prayer (c.1475)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) A Young Man at Prayer c.1475 Oil on oak, 39 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London A pale young man, hands folded in prayer, is engaged in private devotions. The book is presumably a prayer book or a Book…

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…

Apoteosi di sant’Orsola e delle sue compagne (1491)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Apoteosi di sant’Orsola e delle sue compagne (Apotheosis of Saint Ursula and her companions) 1491 Oil on canvas, 481 x 335 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the nineth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of…

Martirio dei pellegrini e funerali di Orsola (1493)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Martirio dei pellegrini e funerali di Orsola (Martyrdom of the Pilgrims and Funeral of St Ursula) 1493 Oil on canvas, 271 x 560 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the eighth of nine paintings in the cycle of the…

Pietà (1575-1576)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Pietà 1575–1576 Oil on canvas, 353 x 347 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Detail with Titian’s self-portrait as an old man kneeling before Christ.

Gesù che porta la croce (1560s)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Gesù che porta la croce (Carrying of the Cross) 1560s Oil on canvas, 89 x 77 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Beginning in the 1530s Renaissance culture entered a period of decline in Italy. Venice remained the last bastion of…

Gesù che porta la croce (c.1565)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Gesù che porta la croce (Carrying of the Cross) c.1565 Oil on canvas, 67 x 77 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Renaissance painting abounds with representations of Christ bearing the cross on the road to Calvary, either as an isolated…