Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Adam and Eve 1642 Oil on canvas, 203.2 x 182.9 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Compare: Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Adam and Eve 1640s Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Adam and Eve (1642)
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Portrait of a man, bust length (c.1625)
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of a man, bust length c.1625 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 56 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Aeneas in the underworld (s.d.)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Aeneas in the underworld s.d. Oil on oak panel, 47 x 32 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • The Aeneid (English) | Virgil (70 BC-19 BC)
The Magdalen Reading (c.1435)
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) The Magdalen Reading c.1435 Oil on mahogany, transferred from another panel, 62.2 × 54.4 cm National Gallery, London A young lady in an extravagant green dress sits on the floor, reading. Although she wears fifteenth-century clothing…
Samson and Delilah (c.1609-1610)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Samson and Delilah c.1609–1610 Oil on wood, 185 × 205 cm National Gallery, London Peter Paul Rubens’s Samson and Delilah portrays a tragedy of love and betrayal. According to the Old Testament, Samson, a Jewish hero blessed…
The Adoration of the Kings (1598)
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Adoration of the Kings 1598 Bodycolour on vellum, 32.9 × 48 cm National Gallery, London Jan Brueghel seems to have squeezed a whole world into his tiny picture. A crowd waits patiently for a turn…
The Adoration of the Kings (1564)
Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-1569) The Adoration of the Kings 1564 Oil on oak, 112.1 × 83.9 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin sits in front of a dilapidated stable with the naked Christ Child on her knee. Three men offer…
The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist (c.1615)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist c.1615 Oil on panel, 114.5 × 91.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago With this work, Peter Paul Rubens presented a distinctly human take on the figures of…
Saint Francis (c.1615)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Saint Francis c.1615 Oil on panel, 99 × 78.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago The Franciscans were among the reformed religious orders whose preaching and teaching activities helped revive the Roman Catholic Church in the Southern…
Saint Anthony of Padua (c.1485)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint Anthony of Padua c.1485 Oil on panel, 41.3 × 33.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Hans Memling probably worked with Rogier van der Weyden in Brussels before settling in Bruges in 1465. Van der Weyden was well…