Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and an Angel c.1630s Oil on panel, 38.7 x 47.6 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and an Angel (c.1630s)
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Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara (early 1480s)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara early 1480s Oil on wood, 68.3 x 73.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Memling adapted this composition from a large, celebrated altarpiece that he completed in 1479…
The Annunciation (1480-1489)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Annunciation 1480–1489 Oil on panel, transferred to canvas, 76.5 x 54.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Memling modeled this Annunciation on the left wing of Rogier van der Weyden’s Saint Columba Altarpiece (now in Munich), but…
The Annunciation (c.1465-1470)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Annunciation c.1465–1470 Oil on wood, 186.1 x 114.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of the largest surviving depictions of the Annunciation, this imposing painting was most likely commissioned by Ferry de Clugny, whose family coat…
Self-Portrait (c.1640)
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Self-Portrait c.1640 Oil on canvas, 56 x 46 cm National Portrait Gallery, London This portrait is one of three known self-portraits painted by van Dyck when he was in England, and it probably dates from the last years…
The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa (c.1630-1640)
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa c.1630–1640 Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 194 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Jordaens was one of the most renowned and versatile Antwerp painters. Here he illustrates an episode from Homer’s Odyssey. Odysseus, naked and…
Adoration of the Magi (2nd half of the 16th century)
Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638) Adoration of the Magi 2nd half of the 16th century Oil on canvas, 36 x 56 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Peter Brueghel the Younger based this painting on a work by his father, the great…
Portrait of a Young Man praying (c.1485)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Portrait of a Young Man praying (recto) c.1485 Oil on panel, 29.2 x 22.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Verso: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Flowers in an Jug c.1485 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Hans Memling was a leading painter of…
Flowers in an Jug (c.1485)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Flowers in an Jug (verso) c.1485 Oil on panel, 29.2 x 22.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Recto: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Portrait of a Young Man praying c.1485 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Hans Memling was a leading painter of the second half…
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1596)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1596 Oil on copper, 26.6 x 35 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Jan Brueghel belonged to a dynasty of painters whose first outstanding member was Pieter Bruegel, Jan’s…