Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene, Trouville) c.1870–1874 Oil on wood, 18.2 x 46.2 cm National Gallery, London By the mid nineteenth century, the Normandy coastal town Trouville had developed into smart seaside resort, attracting well-to-do holidaymakers…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Scène de plage à Trouville (Beach Scene, Trouville) c.1860–1870 Oil on wood, 21.6 x 45.8 cm National Gallery, London This small panel records a bright but cloudy day as a group of well-dressed visitors gather around a flagpole…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1890s Oil on canvas, 35.6 x 58.1 cm National Gallery, London Boudin is best remembered today for his paintings of crowds of affluent holidaymakers on the beaches of Trouville and Deauville, painted…
Guercino (1591-1666) Resurrezione di Lazzaro (Raising of Lazarus) c.1619 Oil on canvas, 201 x 233 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo e l’adultera (The Woman taken in Adultery) c.1621 Oil on canvas, 98.2 x 122.7 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London In the Gospel of John – in the New Testament of the Bible, according to the Christian tradition…
Guercino (1591-1666) Incredulità di san Tommaso (The Incredulity of Saint Thomas) 1621 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 142.5 cm National Gallery, London The New Testament recounts how, after his crucifixion, Christ rose from the dead and appeared to his apostles.…
Guercino (1591-1666) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio (Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1623 Oil on copper, 72.5 x 65 cm National Gallery, London Mary and Joseph brought the infant Christ, forty days after his birth, to be presented in…
Guercino (1591-1666) Elia nutrito dai corvi (Elijah fed by Ravens) 1620 Oil on canvas, 195 x 156.5 cm National Gallery, London The monumental figure in this painting is Elijah, an Old Testament prophet who lived in the northern kingdom of…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Birth of the Virgin c.1503 Woodcut, 29.5 x 20.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) 1891 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 87.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian…