Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Mosè alla prova del fuoco (Moses undergoing Trial by Fire) 1505 Oil on panel, 89 cm x 72 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Mosè sottoposto alla prova del fuoco (1505)
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Il Tramonto (1506-1510)
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Il Tramonto (The Sunset) 1506–1510 Oil on canvas, 73.3 cm x 91.4 cm National Gallery, London The meaning of this scene, which takes place in a rocky landscape at sunset or sunrise, is difficult to decipher, largely because…
Felipe IV armado, con un león a los pies (c.1653)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV armado, con un león a los pies (Philip IV in Armour, with a Lion at his Feet) c.1653 Oil on canvas, 234 x 131.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In its present state the painting…
The Resurrection (1635-1639)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Resurrection c.1635–1639 Oil on canvas, transferred to oak wood, 91.9 x 67 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The…
The Entombment (1635-1639)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Entombment c.1635–1639 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 68.9 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six paintings however do…
The Raising of the Cross (c.1633)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Raising of the Cross c.1633 Oil on canvas, 96.2 x 72.2 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six…
The Woman taken in Adultery (1644)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Woman taken in Adultery 1644 Oil on oak, 83.8 x 65.4 cm National Gallery, London A woman kneels and weeps. Darkness like a great cavern surrounds her. A shaft of light picks her out on the stone…
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c.1635)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c.1635 Oil on paper and pieces of canvas, mounted onto oak, 31.9 x 26.7 cm National Gallery, London Christ’s body has just been taken down from the Cross, and his family and…
Ecce Homo (1634)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Ecce Homo 1634 Oil on paper mounted onto canvas, 54.5 x 44.5 cm National Gallery, London ‘Ecce Homo’, the Latin title of this painting, is taken from the Bible, and means ‘Behold the man!’ These were the words…
The Denial of St Peter (1660)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Denial of St Peter 1660 Oil on canvas, 154.5 x 169.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam While Christ is being questioned by the high priests in the dead of night, Peter waits outside. A maidservant recognizes him as one…