Tag: Jesus

Pietà (1498-1499)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Pietà 1498–1499 Carrara marble, 174 x 195 cm San Pietro, Vaticano Michelangelo’s only signature, carved across the Virgin’s sash: “Michael. Agelus. Bonarotus Florent Faciebat”. Detail: A photograph by Aurelio Amendola, from the book “Michelangelo: La Dotta Mano”. See also:…

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Noli me Tangere (1528)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Noli me Tangere 1528 Oil on oak panel, 76.7 x 95.8 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Image: Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

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Ecce Homo (1547)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ecce Homo 1547 Oil on slate, 69 x 56 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Although we do not know when Titian first treated this subject, it was probably in 1535, when he painted a Christ for Federico Gonzaga following a…

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Casa de Nazareth (c.1640)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Casa de Nazareth (Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 165 x 218.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Stories of Christ’s childhood and adolescence became increasingly popular during the Counter-Reformation…

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Agnus Dei (1635-1640)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Agnus Dei (The Lamb of God) 1635–1640 Oil on canvas, 37.3 x 62 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A dark background and a gray table are the setting for this painting’s only motive: a merino lamb between…

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Cristo crucificado, con un pintor (c.1650)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Cristo crucificado, con un pintor (The Crucified Christ with a Painter) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 105 x 84 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A painter devoutly contemplates the almost-sculptural figure of Christ on the Cross, which stands…

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Ecce Homo (c. 1493)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Ecce Homo (Christ as Man of Sorrows) c.1493 Oil on panel 30 x 19 cm Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe

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