Tag: landscape

Apoteosi di sant’Orsola e delle sue compagne (1491)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Apoteosi di sant’Orsola e delle sue compagne (Apotheosis of Saint Ursula and her companions) 1491 Oil on canvas, 481 x 335 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the nineth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of…

Martirio dei pellegrini e funerali di Orsola (1493)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Martirio dei pellegrini e funerali di Orsola (Martyrdom of the Pilgrims and Funeral of St Ursula) 1493 Oil on canvas, 271 x 560 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the eighth of nine paintings in the cycle of the…

Incontro e partenza dei fidanzati (c.1497-1498)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Incontro e partenza dei fidanzati (Meeting and departure of the fiancés) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 279 x 610 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the fourth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie…

Fuga in Egitto (c.1508)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt) c.1508 Oil on canvas, 206 x 336 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian, outstanding master of the Renaissance, is represented in the Hermitage by a number of superb works. The Flight into Egypt was…

Maddalena penitente (1560s)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Maddalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) 1560s Oil on canvas, 119 x 97 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian turned to the subject of the repentant Mary Magdalene on several occasions, but this version he kept for himself in his…

Christ on the Cross (c.1628-30)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Christ on the Cross 1628–1630 Oil on canvas, 133 x 101 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Christ on the Cross 1627 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid