Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 105.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Titian’s goddess of love and beauty conjures the sense of touch. Observing her flushed cheek, one can almost feel its…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 101 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio c.1555 National Gallery of Art, Washington
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Isabella Brant 1621 Oil on canvas, 153 x 120 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Antwerp master Peter Paul Rubens, whom she married shortly after his return from Italy…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Charity c.1627–1628 Oil on oak, 148.2 x 107.5 cm National Gallery, London In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul outlines the importance of faith, hope and charity, naming charity as the greatest of the three.…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo 1624 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Van Dyck was in Palermo, Sicily, when a plague broke out and the city was quarantined.…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria c.1630 Oil on canvas, 109.2 x 90.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The infant Jesus responds with playful enthusiasm to an adoring Saint Catherine, a princess identified by…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Self-Portrait c.1620–1621 Oil on canvas, 119.7 x 87.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Lifting a languid hand to his chin, the young Van Dyck presents himself as an aristocrat, excluding any signs of his trade…
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Flagellation of Jesus c.1510–1520 Oil and gold on panel Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia This is the right panel of the Passion Triptych. See also: Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Passion Triptych c.1510–1520 Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Arrest of Jesus c.1510–1520 Oil and gold on panel Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia This is the left panel of the Passion Triptych. See also: Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Passion Triptych c.1510–1520 Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Sebastiano curato da Irene (Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene and Her Maid) c.1630–1640 Oil on canvas, 208 x 157 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia Compare: Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Sebastiano curato da Sant’Irene 1628 Hermitage Museum, Saint…