Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Madonna and Child (obverse) c.1496–1499 Oil on panel, 52.4 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dürer was born in Nuremberg and received a typical medieval training from his goldsmith father and from the Nuremberg painter Michael…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) San Cristoforo (Saint Christopher) c.1500 Pen, ink, brush, wash and gouache on paper, 28.6 x 17.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) c.1600–1610 Oil on canvas, 193 x 116 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland El Greco (Spanish for “the Greek”) was trained on his native island, Crete, as a painter of…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Sagrada Familia con María Magdalena (The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The seemingly weightless figures, the startling color combinations, and the moody, imprecise setting…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) and Workshop Madonna con Bambino e San Giovanni Battista (Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1490 Tempera and oil on wood, diameter 68 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The perfectly round form, called…
Blake, William (1757-1827) The Holy Family (also known as Christ in the Lap of Truth) c.1805 Pen, ink and brush, 37.9 x 32.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although he rejected institutionalized religion, Blake was intensely spiritual, and much of…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) La Cena de Emaús (The Supper at Emmaus) 1622–1623 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 132.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting depicts the moment after the Resurrection when Jesus is recognized by two disciples as…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Madonna col Bambino tra serafini e cherubini (Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim) c.1454 Tempera and gold on wood, 44.1 x 28.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this touching image, which may…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) La Sacra Famiglia con Santa Maria Maddalena (The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen) c.1495–1500 Distemper on canvas, 57.2 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this late picture by Mantegna was inspired…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) L’Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) shortly after 1450 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, 40 x 55.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted when the artist was probably in his early twenties, the…