Tag: kneeling

Maestà di Ognissanti (c.1300-1305)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Maestà di Ognissanti (Majesty of All Saints, Madonna and Child Enthroned, Angels and Saints) c.1300–1305 Tempera on wood, gold background, 325 x 204 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

Visione di san Girolamo (1526-1527)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Visione di san Girolamo (Vision of Saint Jerome) 1526–1527 Oil on poplar, 342.9 x 148.6 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece is the greatest work that Parmigianino painted in Rome. It was commissioned by Maria Bufolina for a burial…

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (1510-1514)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) 1510–1514 Oil on panel, 136.2 × 123.2 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Compare: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina 1510–1515 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio…

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1520)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1520 Oil on panel, 28.5 x 23.5 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli Compare: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina 1510–1514 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit     Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico…

San Diego d’Alcalá riceve l’abito francescano (1604-1605)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Diego d’Alcalá riceve l’abito francescano (Saint Didacus of Alcalá receiving the franciscan habit) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 132 x 211.1 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci painted these works without previous cartoons as part of a group…

Domine, quo vadis? (1601-1602)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Domine, quo vadis? (Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way) 1601–1602 Oil on wood, 77.4 x 56.3 cm National Gallery, London Saint Peter fled Rome after Christ’s crucifixion, scared that he too would be executed by…

Pietà con le tre Marie (c.1604)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Pietà con le tre Marie (The Dead Christ Mourned, The Three Maries) c.1604 Oil on canvas, 92.8 x 103.2 cm National Gallery, London This is perhaps the most poignant image in the National Gallery’s collection of the pietà…