Robbia, Luca della (1400-1482) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) 3rd quarter of the 15th century Terracotta and glazed clay, 53 × 38 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Emotional depictions of the Madonna for domestic worship were very popular in Florence in…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of a Young Lady c.1760–1765 Oil on canvas, 76.5 × 63 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Destruction du temple de Jérusalem (The destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem) 1635 Oil on canvas, 147 × 198 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The material is taken from Flavius Josephus’ Jewish War. Titus, the son of the…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Madonna col Bambino tra i santi Caterina e Tommaso (Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and Thomas) 1527–1533 Oil on canvas, 117 x 152 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The motif of a gathering of saints around the Madonna,…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Pietà c.1603 Oil on copper, 41.3 x 60.7 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Overwhelmed by her helplessness and pain, Mary holds her dead son in her lap. Pale colours and the pathos of marbles by Michelangelo and from antiquity…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Giovane donna nuda allo specchio (Young woman at her toilette) 1515 Oil on poplar panel, 62.9 x 78.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription: “Joannes bellinus faciebat M.D.X.V.” As an elderly man, Bellini turned to the depiction of a…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) L’Arcangelo Raffaele con Tobia, San Leonardo e il donatore (The Archangel Raphael with Tobias, St. Leonard and the Donor, Leonardo di Lorenzo Morelli) 1512 Oil on panel, 178 x 153 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Raphael accompanied young…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Adorazione dei pastori (Adoration of the Shepherds) late 15th-early 16th century Oil on canvas (probably transferred from wood), 163 × 163.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Adorazione dei pastori c.1496 National Gallery, London
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) San Miguel Arcángel arroja al demonio al abismo (Michael the Archangel throws the devil into the abyss) c.1665–1668 Oil on canvas, 169.5 × 110.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Eve c.1485–1490 Oil on oak panel, 69.3 × 17.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This is the outer right wing of the St. John Altarpiece. St. John Altarpiece (c.1485-1490) In a balanced composition, Hans Memling depicts the enthroned Madonna with an angel and…