Tag: kneeling

Madonna del Rosario (c.1601)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Madonna del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary) c.1601 Oil on canvas, 364.5 × 249.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Our Lady invites St. Dominic to distribute rosaries to the people. St Peter Martyr points to the source of all graces,…

San Francesco in meditazione (1606-1607)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Francesco in meditazione (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 123 x 92.5 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma In a gloomy and arid scenery, Saint Francis wraps a skull with his hands. He is meditating about death, considered to…

La Vierge aux anges (1881)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La Vierge aux anges (The Virgin with Angels / Song of the Angels) 1881 Oil on canvas, 213.4 x 152.4 cm Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale