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The Resurrection (1480s)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Resurrection (Calvary Triptych, right shutter) 1480s Oil on oak, 56.2-57.8 × 28 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Exterior: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin Annunciate 1480s Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest     Calvary Triptych, left shutter: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Christ Carrying…

Course de chariots (1876)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Course de chariots (Chariot Race) 1876 Oil on cradled panel, 86.3 × 156 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jean-Léon Gérôme claimed that he based this almost cinematic depiction of a chariot race at the Circus Maximus stadium in…

Martirio dei pellegrini e funerali di Orsola (1493)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Martirio dei pellegrini e funerali di Orsola (Martyrdom of the Pilgrims and Funeral of St Ursula) 1493 Oil on canvas, 271 x 560 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the eighth of nine paintings in the cycle of the…

Death and the Miser (c.1485-1490)

Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Death and the Miser c.1485–1490 Oil on panel, 93 x 31 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A naked man with ghostly white skin sits upright in a canopied bed set in a narrow room in this tall,…