Tag: death

The Shadow of Death (1873-1874)

Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Shadow of Death 1873–1874 Oil on panel, 104.5 x 82 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This minutely detailed painting depicts the young Jesus stretching after his day’s labor in his father’s carpentry shop. His mother,…

King Arthur’s Death (c.1859-1862)

Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862) King Arthur’s Death c.1859–1862 Graphite, 17.5 x 27.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Siddall was an artist, poet, model, and wife of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Although this drawing only outlines the event of King…

La mort de Socrate (after 1787)

David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) & Studio La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) after 1787 Oil on canvas, 133 x 196 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton David depicts Socrates about to drink hemlock rather than endure exile after being convicted…

Scene della vita di san Girolamo (c.1490)

Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) Scene della vita di san Girolamo (Scenes from the Life of Saint Jerome) c.1490 Tempera on poplar, 235 × 258 cm National Gallery, London Francesco Botticini’s S. Gerolamo Altarpiece is named after Saint Jerome (who appears at its centre) and…

Beata Beatrix (1871-1872)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix 1871–1872 Oil on canvas, 87.5 × 69.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Inscribed top left on frame: JUN: DIE 9 ANNO 1290; top right on frame: QUOMODO SEDET SOLA CIVITAS!; and bottom of frame: MART:…

The Angel of Death (1885)

De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Angel of Death 1885 Black pastel and opaque gold paint, over traces of black chalk, on brown wove paper, 46.5 x 38 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Desdemona’s Death-Song (1878-1880)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Desdemona’s Death-Song 1878–1880 Black chalk over traces of red chalk on two joined sheets of blue-green paper, 127 x 101.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Death and Life (1910-1911)

Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Death and Life (Tod und Leben) 1910–1911 Oil on canvas, 200.5 x 180.5 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna Second version: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Death and Life 1915 Leopold Museum, Vienna    

Death and Life (1915)

Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Death and Life (Tod und Leben) 1915 Oil on canvas, 180.5 x 200.5 cm Leopold Museum, Vienna First Version: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Death and Life 1910–1911 Leopold Museum, Vienna