Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Apostle Judas Thaddeus 1619–1621 Oil on oak, 61.4 × 49.7 × 2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The so-called Böhler series of 13 busts depicting Christ and the 12 apostles (only two of them in the KHM) dates…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo 1624 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Van Dyck was in Palermo, Sicily, when a plague broke out and the city was quarantined.…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria c.1630 Oil on canvas, 109.2 x 90.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The infant Jesus responds with playful enthusiasm to an adoring Saint Catherine, a princess identified by…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Self-Portrait c.1620–1621 Oil on canvas, 119.7 x 87.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Lifting a languid hand to his chin, the young Van Dyck presents himself as an aristocrat, excluding any signs of his trade…
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) The Adoration of the Magi c.1475 Oil and gold on oak, 71.1 x 56.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This tranquil scene, with its tunneling perspective and sensitively rendered faces, is characteristic of Bosch’s works before…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 45 x 38 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Trionfo della Castità e Amore sconfitto (Triumph of Chastity: Love Disarmed and Bound) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.7 x 133.4 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco (directly onto wet plaster), was part…
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Ritorno di Ulisse (Return of Ulysses/Penelope with the Suitors) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.5 x 152 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco, was part of a series of eight which decorated the walls of…
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (Saint Catherine of Alexandria with a Donor) c.1480 Oil on wood, 56.5 x 38.1 cm National Gallery, London This painting was made for private worship, and the donor who commissioned it is shown kneeling…
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Madonna col Bambino benedicente (The Virgin and Blessing Child) c.1480 Tempera on wood, 53.5 x 35.5 cm National Gallery, London Presented by Queen Victoria at the Prince Consort’s wish, 1863. Pintoricchio painted a number of images of the Virgin…