
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery 1565 Oil on canvas, 24 x 34 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria (Saint Catherine of Alexandria) c.1598–1599 Oil on canvas, 173 x 133 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This painting was almost certainly commissioned in Rome by Caravaggio’s first patron, Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte. Captured in a strikingly…