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Autorretrato con mono (1938)

Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954) Autorretrato con mono (Self-Portrait with Monkey) 1938 Oil on masonite, 40.64 x 30.48 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Frida Kahlo’s story is one of both tragedy and perseverance. Kahlo contracted polio at the age of six. The disease…

Noli me Tangere (1526-1528)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Noli me Tangere 1526–1528 Oil on oak panel, 76.7 x 95.8 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London When the diarist John Evelyn saw this painting in Charles II’s Private Lodgings at Whitehall in 1680 he recorded…

Erasmus (1523)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus 1523 Oil on wood, 73.6 x 51.4 cm National Gallery, London On loan from Longford Castle collection, © Longford Castle Collection Erasmus (1466/9 – 1536) was one of the most famous writers of his day…

Ecce Homo (1547)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ecce Homo 1547 Oil on slate, 69 x 56 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Although we do not know when Titian first treated this subject, it was probably in 1535, when he painted a Christ for Federico Gonzaga following a…

Casa de Nazareth (c.1640)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Casa de Nazareth (Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 165 x 218.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Stories of Christ’s childhood and adolescence became increasingly popular during the Counter-Reformation…

San Francisco rezando (1638-1639)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco rezando (Saint Francis in Prayer) c.1638–1639 Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 90.2 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena St. Francis of Assisi, a mystic and poet, was also the founder of the Franciscans, an important mendicant…