Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Il miracolo dei pani e dei pesci (The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes) c.1545–1550 Oil on canvas, 154.9 x 407.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A crowd gathers in Tintoretto’s sprawling depiction of one…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La conversione di san Paolo (The Conversion of Saint Paul) c.1544 Oil on canvas, 152.7 x 236.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Before he became known as Saint Paul, Saul was a persecutor of Christians. This…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight 1835 Oil on canvas, 92.3 x 122.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Joseph Mallord William Turner excelled at capturing the beauty and mysteries of light. Cool, white moonlight…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore 1834 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 122 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look across a glittering waterway lined with long, low boats and sailboats at an…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice 1843 Oil on canvas, 62 x 93 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Through a golden haze and across an expanse of gently rippling water dotted with…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Approach to Venice 1844 Oil on canvas, 62 x 94 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington When Approach to Venice was first exhibited in 1844, Joseph Mallord William Turner quoted Lord Byron in the catalog…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Rape of Proserpine 1839 Oil on canvas, 92.6 x 123.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rotterdam Ferry-Boat 1833 Oil on canvas, 92.3 x 122.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A passenger boat, its bright tan sails reflecting the sun, careens among choppy water with at least eight more sailboats…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Junction of the Thames and the Medway 1807 Oil on canvas, 108.8 x 143.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look across churning waves at four sailing ships and a wooden rowboat with…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Mortlake Terrace: Early Summer Morning 1826 Oil on canvas, 93 x 123.2 cm The Frick Collection, New York This canvas painted for William Moffatt depicts his estate at Mortlake, on the Thames just west of…