Guercino (1591-1666) La Sibilla Samia (The Samian Sibyl with a Putto) 1651 Oil on canvas, 218.5 × 180 cm National Gallery, London The Samian Sibyl was one of 12 pagan sibyls (or priestesses) who, like the Old Testament prophets, were…
Guercino (1591-1666) Sibilla Cumana con putto (The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto) 1651 Oil on canvas, 222 x 168.5 cm National Gallery, London The Cumaean Sibyl is one of 12 pagan sibyls, or prophetesses, said to have foretold the coming…
Guercino (1591-1666) Agar e Ismaele nel deserto confortati dall’angelo (The Angel appears to Hagar and Ishmael) 1652–1653 Oil on canvas, 193 x 229 cm National Gallery, London The story of Hagar and Ishmael is told in the Old Testament (Genesis…
Guercino (1591-1666) Elia nutrito dai corvi (Elijah fed by Ravens) 1620 Oil on canvas, 195 x 156.5 cm National Gallery, London The monumental figure in this painting is Elijah, an Old Testament prophet who lived in the northern kingdom of…
Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo morto compianto dagli angeli (Dead Christ mourned by Two Angels) c.1617–1618 Oil on copper, 36.8 x 44.4 cm National Gallery, London This small painting depicts a solemn religious scene. Two angels kneel in quiet contemplation next to…
Guercino (1591-1666) Amor virtuoso (Cupid Spurning Riches) c.1653 Oil on canvas, 99 x 75 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The papal nuncio to Spain, Camillo Massimo (1620–1677), presented Guercino’s Cupid spurning Riches and Guido Reni’s Cupid with a Bow (P150)…
Guercino (1591-1666) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1617 Oil on canvas, 176 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Historian Denis Mahon has masterfully shown that this painting and two other famous works by Guercino –Lot and…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1470 Tempera on panel, 57.7 x 43.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) 1891 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 87.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian…
Waterhouse, John William (1849-1917) A Naiad (or Hylas with a Nymph) 1893 Oil on canvas, 66 x 127 cm Private collection