Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Gesù al tavolo con due discepoli (Jesus at table with two disciples) 16th century Engraving on paper, 27.5 x 25.2 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Doge Alvise Mocenigo presentato al Redentore (Doge Alvise Mocenigo Presented to the Redeemer) probably 1577 Oil on canvas, 97.2 x 198.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This unfinished sketch records one stage of Tintoretto’s preparation…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Lavanda dei piedi (Washing of the Feet) 1548–1549 Oil on canvas, 210 x 533 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This scene from the New Testament (John 13, 1-20) shows the moment just before the Last Supper, when…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Vierge adorant l’hostie (The Virgin Adoring the Host) 1852 Oil on canvas, 40.3 x 32.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Repetition with variants of the Virgin painted in 1841 for the future…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Tête de saint Jean l’Evangéliste (Head of Saint John the Evangelist) s.d. Oil on canvas, laid down on wood, 39.4 x 27 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is a study for an…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Lucía (Saint Lucy) c.1625–1630 Oil on canvas, 104.14 × 77 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Few images of saints show women as gorgeously attired as Francisco de Zurbarán‘s. His Saint Lucy portrays the young…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Christ mort et les anges (The Dead Christ with Angels) 1864 Oil on canvas, 179.4 x 149.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet identified the source for this painting, the first of several religious…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Madonna e Bambino con santi (The Madonna and Child with Saints) c.1540 Oil on wood, 101.6 x 81.3 cm National Gallery, London Elderly Saint Elizabeth looks down over the Virgin Mary’s shoulder at her son Saint John the…