Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (Christ in the House of Martha and Mary) 1605 Oil on poplar, 125 x 118 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the stone at the right side of the well:…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Sacra Famiglia con l’agnello (Holy Family with the Lamb) 1507 Oil on panel, 28 x 21.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In 1504, after training with Perugino, Raphael moved from Perugia to Florence, where he remained for four years…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Agnus Dei (The Lamb of God) 1635–1640 Oil on canvas, 37.3 x 62 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A dark background and a gray table are the setting for this painting’s only motive: a merino lamb between…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Ghent altarpiece 1432 Oil on oak panel, 340 x 520 cm Saint Bavo’s Cathedral, Ghent Ghent altarpiece closed. The central panel: Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. The donor, Jodocus Vijdt (d.1439) The donor’s wife, Lysbette Borluut…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Misanthrope 1568 Tempera on canvas, 86 x 85 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Sant’Anna, la Vergine e il Bambino con l’agnellino (Virgin and Child with St Anne) c.1503–1519 Oil on poplar, 168 x 130 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This painting was started around 1503 at least, in Florence, then was…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista (John the Baptist) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 102.5 x 83 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista (John the Baptist) c.1598 Oil on canvas, 169 x 112 cm Museo Tesoro Catedralicio, Toledo
Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista (St John the Baptist) 1609–1610 Oil on canvas, 152 x 125 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The painting was one of the group of paintings that the artist took with him on the return journey by sea from…