Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Morte della Vergine (Death of the Virgin) c.1462 Oil on wood, 54.5 x 42 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary lies on her deathbed, surrounded by eleven Apostles. Through the window, the Borgo di San Giorgio and…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Dormition of the Virgin c.1564 Oil on panel, 67.7 x 85.3 x 12.6 cm Upton House and Gardens, England This ‘grisaille’, or grey monochrome painting, shows the death of the Virgin, attended by the…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Triumph of Death 1562–1563 Oil on panel, 117 x 162 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In this moral work, the triumph of Death over mundane things is symbolized by a large army of skeletons razing…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Deposizione (Entombment of Christ) c.1600–1604 Oil on canvas, 300 x 203 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano The Deposition, considered one of Caravaggio‘s greatest masterpieces, was commissioned by Girolamo Vittrice for his family chapel in S. Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) in Rome.…
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Le jour des morts (All Saints’ Day) 1859 Oil on canvas, 147 x 120 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux William Bouguereau presented at the Salon of 1859 Wounded Love, The Portrait of Madame Duret, painted in 1857, as well…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Morte della Madonna (Death of the Virgin) c.1606 Oil on canvas, 369 x 245 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris