Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1455–1456 Egg tempera on wood, 62.9 × 80 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown in prayer. Aware that his disciple Judas had betrayed him, he left Jerusalem and took refuge in…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the Meadow) c.1500–1505 Oil on synthetic panel, transferred from wood, 66.5 × 85.1 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary adores the Christ Child sleeping on her lap. Giovanni Bellini was one of…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Doge Leonardo Loredan 1501–1502 Oil on poplar, 61.4 x 44.5 cm National Gallery, London Leonardo Loredan knows that he is being looked at, but he does not return our gaze. He is the doge, the ruler of the…
Portsmouth in Art: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le pont du HMS Calcutta, Portsmouth c.1876 Tate Britain, London Births: • Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) • Madden, John (1949) See also: • Cities | England | UK
Chelsea in art: Whistler, James (1834-1903) Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf c.1864–1868 National Gallery of Art, Washington Births: • Fox, Edward (1937) • Philip, Ethel (1861-1920) • York, Susannah (1939-2011) Deaths: • Bergman, Ingrid (1915-1982) • Bogarde, Dirk (1921-1999) • Johnson, Richard (1927-2015)…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries (Music in the Tuileries Gardens) 1862 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 118.1 cm National Gallery, London Portraits included in the painting: Image: The National Gallery, London 1. Édouard Manet (1832-1883) 2. Comte Albert de Balleroy (1828-1872) 3. Champfleury…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Landscape with the Flight into Egypt 1563 Oil on panel, 37.1 x 55.6 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In this captivating work, Pieter Bruegel depicts the biblical story of the Virgin Mary, Joseph and their infant son…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569), copy after Massacre of the Innocents 17th century Oil on oak panel, 63 x 84.5 x 8 cm Upton House and Gardens, England Compare: Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents 1565–1567 Brukenthal National…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Massacre of the Innocents c.1565–1567 Oil on panel, 109.2 x 158.1 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Castle According to St Matthew’s Gospel, after hearing from the wise men of the birth of Jesus, King Herod ordered that…
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