El Greco (1541-1614) La Agonía en el huerto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 102.2 x 113.7 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo With his intensely personal style, El Greco (“the Greek”) is one of the most original…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Trasfigurazione (The Transfiguration) c.1307–1311 Egg tempera on wood, 48.5 × 51.4 cm National Gallery, London This painting was part of the predella (the bottom tier) of the Maestà altarpiece made for the Cathedral of Siena. Christ stands at the…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Giacomo il Maggiore alla conquista dei mori (Saint James the Greater Conquering the Moors) c.1749–1750 Oil on canvas, 317 × 163 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) San Giacomo il Maggiore con un pellegrino vivo e uno morto (Saint James the Greater with a Living and a Dead Pilgrim) c.1508 Oil on wood, 34 × 26.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Trasfigurazione di Cristo (Transfiguration of Christ) 1685 Oil on canvas, 240 x 320 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Stendardo di San Jacopo (Standard of Saint James) c.1528 Oil on panel, 155.5 x 85.6 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Apoteosi dell’apostolo Giacomo (The Apotheosis of the Apostle James) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 151.3 × 103.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the Spanish banker Juan Enríquez de Herrera in the…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1455–1456 Egg tempera on wood, 62.9 × 80 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown in prayer. Aware that his disciple Judas had betrayed him, he left Jerusalem and took refuge in…