Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of a Young Man c.1500–1510 Oil on pine, 43 × 29 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Albrecht Dürer was indisputably the greatest sixteenth-century painter north of the Alps. Not only did he have a God-given talent,…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Venere, Cupido e la gelosia (Venus, Cupid and Jealousy) c.1550 Oil on poplar, 175.5 × 142 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest ‘The human eye cannot see like this,’ stated Wölfflin, the authoritative art historian, of Bronzino’s art. And…
Bellini, Gentile (c.1429-1507) Caterina Cornaro, regina di Cipro (Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus) c.1500 Oil on wood, 63.2 × 49.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest The heroine of Donizetti’s opera, Caterina Cornaro was not born to the crown. The Venetian patrician…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Cristo Niño distribuyendo pan a los peregrinos (The Infant Christ Distributing Bread to the Pilgrims) 1678 Oil on canvas, 219 × 182 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente (The Penitent Mary Magdalene) c.1576–1577 Oil on canvas, 156.5 × 121 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente c.1577 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) The Descent from the Cross before 1443 Oil on panel, 204.5 x 261.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Descent from the Cross was painted for the Chapel of Our Lady Outside the Walls at Leuven, which…
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) The Annunciation 1420–1425 Oil on oak panel, 76 x 70 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The event is set in a gothic temple, alluding to the New Law that replaces the old one, represented by the Romanesque tower in…
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) The Betrothal of the Virgin 1420–1430 Grisaille, Oil on oak panel, 77 x 88 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Two scenes are represented in this work. On the left, in a circular, Romanesque interior covered with a dome, is…
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint John the Baptist and the Franciscan Heinrich von Werl 1438 Oil on oak panel, 101 x 47 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Pair: Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint Barbara 1438 Museo del Prado, Madrid
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint Barbara 1438 Oil on oak panel, 101 x 47 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Saint Barbara reads by the light of a fireplace in a richly appointed room. The key to her identity lies outside the window…