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La Liberté guidant le peuple (1830)

Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Liberté guidant le peuple. Le 28 juillet 1830 (Liberty Leading the People. July 28, 1830) 1830 Oil on canvas, 260 x 325 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Other title: Une Barricade (A Barricade) Inscription: “Eug. Delacroix.1830” (in…

Portrait of Barbara Dürer, née Holper (1490)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Barbara Dürer, née Holper (Porträt der Barbara Dürer, geb. Holper) 1490 Oil on panel, 47.2 x 35.7 cm Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Diptych of Dürer’s Parents. Companion: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder 1490…

Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder (1497)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder (Bildnis des Albrecht Dürer des Älteren) 1497 Oil on lime, 51 x 40.3 cm National Gallery, London The inscription at the top of this picture tells us the sitter is Dürer’s father, Albrecht…

Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder (1490)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Albrecht Dürer the Elder (Bildnis des Albrecht Dürer des Älteren) 1490 Oil on panel, 47.5 x 39.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Diptych of Dürer’s Parents. Companion: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Barbara Dürer, née Holper…

Christ as the Man of Sorrows (c.1492-1493)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Christ as the Man of Sorrows c.1492–1493 Oil on panel, 19 x 30 cm Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe Bearing the marks of martyrdom and holding the instruments used to scourge him in his hands, a pensive, exhausted man crouches…

Virgen con el Niño (1670s)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Virgen con el Niño (Virgin and Child) 1670s Oil on canvas, 165.7 x 109.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Like Zurbarán and Velázquez, Murillo was trained in Seville, where he spent his whole career. Often referred…

Crucifixión (c.1675)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Crucifixión (Crucifixion) c.1675 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 33 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This oil sketch helped Murillo to prepare a large painting that is today in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. The artist’s…

La Anunciación (c.1650)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Anunciación (Annunciation) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 183 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Archangel Gabriel has descended from the heavens and kneels before Mary to announce the birth of Christ. The Angel holds some white…