Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Man of Sorrows in the arms of the Virgin 1475 Oil and gold leaf on wood panel, 27.4 × 19.9 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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…
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…
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Crowning with Thorns c.1510–1520 Oil and gold on panel Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia This is the central panel of the Passion Triptych. See also: Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Passion Triptych c.1510–1520 Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Passion Triptych c.1510–1520 Oil and gold on panel, 150.5 x 334.5 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia Left panel: Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Arrest of Jesus c.1510–1520 Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia Central panel: Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Crowning…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Pietà (The Lamentation over the Dead Christ) early 1620s Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 181 cm National Gallery, London Ribera captures the moment when Christ’s lifeless body is laid out after it has been brought down from the…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Lamentation over the Dead Christ 1601–1602 Oil on canvas, 180 x 136 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma While in the past this Lamentation over the Dead Christ was ascribed to Antoon Van Dyck, today critics agree that it…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Cristo Redentore benedicente (Christ the Redeemer blessing) c.1505–1506 Oil on panel, 31.5 x 25.5 cm Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia The painting was one of the first purchases made by Paolo Tosio, who had recently begun to build his collection.…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Pietà (The Dead Christ Mourned by Nicodemus and Two Angels) c.1500 Oil on panel, 17.5 x 33.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Masaccio (1401-1428) Trinità (The Holy Trinity) 1425–1426 Fresco, 667 x 317 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze In the third arcade of the left nave, in place of the altar, one can admire the fresco of the Holy Trinity (1425-1426) by Tommaso…