Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Feast of Herod 1531 Oil on panel, 81.3 x 119.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The biblical story of Salome was popular during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, when it was seen as a cautionary tale of…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Repas comique, Banquet des affamés (Comical Repast, Banquet of the Starved) c.1917–1918 Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 145.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The current title of this painting reflects the two names it was given…
Abbéma, Louise (1853-1927) Sarah Bernhardt à table (Sarah Bernhardt at the Table) 1885 Gouache and pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 64 x 91 cm Petit Palais, Paris Louise Abbéma, born in Étampes in 1853 and died in Paris in 1927,…
Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) David Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy 1760–1761 Oil on canvas, 148 x 183 cm Private Collection See also: • Garrick, David (1717-1779)
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Almuerzo de campesinos (The Farmers’ Lunch, Tavern Scene with Two Men and a Girl) c.1618–1619 Oil on canvas, 96 × 112 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Ensor, James (1860-1949) La mangeuse d’huîtres (The oyster eater) 1882 Oil on canvas, 205 x 150.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) The Last Judgment 1500–1505 Oil on wood, 99 x 117.5 cm Groeningemuseum, Bruges The outside panels.
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Arrest of Jesus c.1510–1520 Oil and gold on panel Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia This is the left panel of the Passion Triptych. See also: Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Passion Triptych c.1510–1520 Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Pontormo (1494-1557) Cena in Emmaus (Supper at Emmaus) 1525 Oil on canvas, 230 x 173 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Martirio di San Bartolomeo (The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew) 1634 Oil on canvas, 104 x 113 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A popular subject in Counter–Reformation Italy and Spain, Ribera‘s profoundly moving work portrays the apostle’s…