Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Pietà c.1850 Oil on canvas, 35.6 x 27 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo
Pietà (c.1850)
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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…
Self-Portrait or Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle (1493)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Self-Portrait or Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle 1493 Parchment glued on canvas, 56.5 x 44.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Dürer‘s first painted self-portrait, possibly an engagement portrait – the thistle or panicaut (eryngium), which Dürer…
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…
Sagrada Familia del pajarito (c.1650)
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Sagrada Familia del pajarito (Holy Family with a Bird) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 144 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A domestic scene filled with tenderness showing the Virgin Mary winding a skein of thread and…