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…
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…
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…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) St George and Princess Sabra 1862 Watercolour on paper, 52.4 x 30.8 cm Tate Britain, London This is one of a number of watercolours by Rossetti illustrating the legend of St George. Having killed the dragon, St…
Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862) Lady Affixing Pennant to a Knight’s Spear c.1856 Watercolour on paper, 13.7 x 13.7 cm Tate Britain, London Elizabeth Siddall began painting in 1852 and made over a hundred works in the following ten years. Her style and subject…
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…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Apparizione di San Diego sopra il suo sepolcro (Apparition of Saint Didacus above his sepulchre) 1604–1606 Fresco transferred to canvas Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona Mural Paintings from the Herrera Chapel.
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Agonia nell’orto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1596–1597 Oil on panel, 39.1 x 30.3 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Castle Against a dark background the figure of Christ kneels, his head turned right towards the figure of an angel in…
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…
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…