Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Saint John the Evangelist c.1620 Oil on oak, 64 × 51 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Saint John the Evangelist (c.1620)
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Cristo morto con due angeli (c.1590)
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Cristo morto con due angeli (The Dead Christ with Two Angels) c.1590 Oil on copper, 45 × 39 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Madonna Durán (1435-1438)
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Madonna Durán 1435–1438 Oil on panel, 100 x 52 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The panel has been trimmed on all four sides but little of the painted surface can have been lost. It is made…
A Woman (c.1435)
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) A Woman c.1435 Oil with egg tempera on oak, 40.6 x 28.1 cm National Gallery, London This striking portrait of a woman forms a pair with Campin’s portrait A Man: the sitters were clearly married. We don’t know…
The Man of Sorrows in the arms of the Virgin (1475)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Man of Sorrows in the arms of the Virgin 1475 Oil and gold leaf on wood panel, 27.4 × 19.9 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
A Young Man at Prayer (c.1475)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) A Young Man at Prayer c.1475 Oil on oak, 39 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London A pale young man, hands folded in prayer, is engaged in private devotions. The book is presumably a prayer book or a Book…
San Romualdo nega l’accesso alla chiesa all’imperatore Ottone III (1435)
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Romualdo nega l’accesso alla chiesa all’imperatore Ottone III (Saint Romuald Refuses Emperor Otto III Admission to the Church) 1435 Tempera on panel, 22 × 27 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Venere allo specchio (c.1555)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere allo specchio (Venus with a Mirror) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 105.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Titian’s goddess of love and beauty conjures the sense of touch. Observing her flushed cheek, one can almost feel its…
Pietro Aretino (c.1537)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Pietro Aretino c.1537 Oil on canvas, 101.9 × 85.7 cm Frick Collection, New York See also: • Aretino, Pietro (1492-1556)
Isabella Brant (1621)
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Isabella Brant 1621 Oil on canvas, 153 x 120 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Antwerp master Peter Paul Rubens, whom she married shortly after his return from Italy…