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La Sainte Famille au repos (c.1627)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) La Sainte Famille au repos avec l’enfant saint Jean-Baptiste et les anges (The Holy Family at Rest with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels) c.1627 Oil on canvas, 57 × 74 cm Museum of Fine…

Christ Carrying the Cross (1480s)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Workshop Christ Carrying the Cross (Calvary Triptych, left shutter) 1480s Oil on oak, 58 × 27.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Calvary Triptych (1480s) Central panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Calvary 1480s Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest     Exterior:…

Flagellazione di Cristo (c.1641-1644)

Guercino (1591-1666) Flagellazione di Cristo (The Flagellation of Christ) c.1641–1644 Oil on canvas, 351 x 176.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Giovanni Francesco Barbieri eked out his first fifty years in his native town, day after day waiting for the death…

La Anunciación (c.1600)

El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 91 × 66.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest In the picture of the Prado treating the same subject and painted in Venice, El Greco placed the Annunciation scene in a…

La Aguadora (c.1808-1812)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Aguadora (The Water Carrier) c.1808–1812 Oil on canvas, 68 × 50.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Whether Goya was the last great old master or the first modern genius is a spurious dilemma: he did not…

Prometeo (c.1660)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Prometeo (Prometheus) c.1660 Oil on canvas, 186 × 132 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest