Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) San Francesco riceve le stimmate (Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata) c.1445–1450 Tempera on poplar panel, 27.5 x 30.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In a landscape with chiseled, rocky mountains beyond a grassy meadow and stream, two…
Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1445–1450 Tempera on poplar panel, 83 x 57 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the hips up, a woman to our left wears a sapphire-blue robe over a petal-pink dress,…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Pietà 1633 Oil on canvas, 157 × 210 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The present canvas is signed and dated “Jusepe de Ribera español 1633” on the stone at the lower right corner, a formula used by the artist…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Immacolata Concezione (The Immaculate Conception) c.1637 Oil on canvas, 220 × 160 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Sacra Famiglia con le sante Anna e Caterina d’Alessandria (The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria) 1648 Oil on canvas, 209.6 x 154.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A masterpiece of the artist’s…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Le lacrime di San Pietro (The Tears of Saint Peter) c.1612–1613 Oil on canvas, 161.9 x 114.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Spanish by birth, Ribera moved to Italy when he was fourteen or fifteen. He…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Pietà (The Lamentation over the Dead Christ) early 1620s Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 181 cm National Gallery, London Ribera captures the moment when Christ’s lifeless body is laid out after it has been brought down from the…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Minerva protettrice delle Arti e delle Scienze (Minerva as Protectress of the Arts and Sciences) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 88 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Antro dell’eternità (The Cave of Eternity) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 73.1 x 87.5 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of twelve – ten of which are in the National Gallery…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Temperanza (Allegory of Temperance) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 97 x 101.3 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the ceiling frescoes…