Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Sleep of King Arthur in Avalon 1881–1898 Oil on canvas, 279.4 × 650.2 cm Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce According to Thomas Malory‘s “Le Morte d’Arthur” (1470), King Arthur suffered a fatal wound in a…
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid 1884 Oil on canvas, 293.4 x 135.9 cm Tate Britain, London This work was based on Alfred Tennyson‘s poem ‘The Beggar Maid’. King Cophetua of Ethiopia falls in love with Penelophon, a…
Morris, William (1834-1896) La Belle Iseult 1858 Oil on canvas, 71.8 x 50.2 cm Tate Britain, London This is the only completed easel painting that William Morris produced. It is a portrait in medieval dress of Jane Burden, whom Morris married…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Adoration of the Kings 1598 Bodycolour on vellum, 32.9 × 48 cm National Gallery, London Jan Brueghel seems to have squeezed a whole world into his tiny picture. A crowd waits patiently for a turn…
Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) L’Assunzione della Vergine (The Assumption of the Virgin) c.1475–1476 Tempera on wood, 228.6 × 377.2 cm National Gallery, London Heaven and earth are united in this vast, dramatic scene. A dome-shaped vault has opened up in the sky to…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Union of England and Scotland (Charles I as the Prince of Wales) 1633–1634 Oil on gessoed oak panel, 84.46 x 65.72 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: • Charles I (England)
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Education of the Children of Clovis (School of Vengeance or Training of Clotilde’s Sons) 1861 Oil on canvas, 127 × 176.8 cm Private collection
Bellini, Gentile (c.1429-1507) Caterina Cornaro, regina di Cipro (Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus) c.1500 Oil on wood, 63 × 49 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest See also: • Cornaro, Caterina (1454-1510)
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Madonna Durán 1435–1438 Oil on panel, 100 x 52 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The panel has been trimmed on all four sides but little of the painted surface can have been lost. It is made…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Romualdo nega l’accesso alla chiesa all’imperatore Ottone III (Saint Romuald Refuses Emperor Otto III Admission to the Church) 1435 Tempera on panel, 22 × 27 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp