Tag: Jesus

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion (1536)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1536 Oil on panel, 50.8 x 34.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington An armored man on horseback looks up at the middle of three men hanging on rough-hewn wooden crosses…

La fuga in Egitto (c.1515)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) c.1515 Oil on panel, 72 x 111 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Joseph, Mary, and her newborn son, Jesus, have fled Bethlehem and are on the road to Egypt. They…

La Crucifixion (1644-1646)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Crucifixion (The Crucifixion) 1644–1646 Oil on canvas, 148.59 x 218.44 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This Crucifixion dramatically illustrates the moment of Christ’s death when the sky went dark, graves were opened, and the bodies of the saved rose…

Madonna col Bambino (1466)

Donatello (1386-1466) & workshop Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) 1466 Terra cotta relief, in painted decor with gilt carved wood bracket, 56.5 x 40.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Donatello was the leading sculptor in Florence during the fifteenth century when…

The Last Supper (1799)

Blake, William (1757-1827) The Last Supper 1799 Tempera on canvas, 30.5 x 48.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A long, rectangular dining table is surrounded by thirteen people in this horizontal painting. The skin of all the people, some of…