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La crocifissione (c.1471)

Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1471 Tempera on wood, 28.5 × 35 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown nailed to the Cross at his crucifixion, flanked by the two thieves who were crucified alongside him. His mother, the Virgin…

L’Assunzione della Vergine (c.1475-1476)

Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) L’Assunzione della Vergine (The Assumption of the Virgin) c.1475–1476 Tempera on wood, 228.6 × 377.2 cm National Gallery, London Heaven and earth are united in this vast, dramatic scene. A dome-shaped vault has opened up in the sky to…

Tarquinio e Lucrezia (1578-1580)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Tarquinio e Lucrezia (Tarquin and Lucretia) 1578–1580 Oil on canvas, 175 × 151.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago According to Roman history, the rape of the virtuous matron Lucretia by Tarquin, son of the king of Rome,…

Paysage avec Saint Jean à Patmos (1640)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec Saint Jean à Patmos (Landscape with Saint John on Patmos) 1640 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 136.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Although French by birth and training, Nicolas Poussin spent most of his career in…

Ecce Agnus Dei (c.1655)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Ecce Agnus Dei (Saint John the Baptist Pointing to Christ) c.1655 Oil on canvas, 270.2 × 184.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This is one of four large canvases devoted to the life of Saint John…