Tag: Italia

Martirio di sant’Andrea (1628)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Martirio di sant’Andrea (The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew) 1628 Oil on canvas, 206.1 × 177.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Seventeenth-century Naples was, according to many, hell upon earth. Impoverished by Spanish rule, the life of the…

Saint Thomas (1609-1610)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Saint Thomas 1609–1610 Oil on canvas, 105 × 84.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Ribera’s early painting of Doubting Thomas was once part of a series of works depicting the apostles. Such ensambles of portrait-like paintings…

Apollo dormiente con le Muse (c.1549)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Apollo dormiente con le Muse che si disperdono e la Fama in fuga (Sleeping Apollo with the Muses Dispersing and Fame Fleeing) c.1549 Oil on canvas, 44.5 × 74 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest