Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Crucifixion of Christ c.1500–1501 Oil on lime, 58.5 × 45 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The small-format panel, which was probably used for private devotion, dates from Cranach‘s first known creative period, which the artist spent in…
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) La Mise au tombeau d’après Titien (The Entombment of Christ after Titian) 1820 Oil on canvas, 40 x 55.5 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione di Cristo c.1520 Musée du Louvre, Paris Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Copie…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione nel sepolcro (The Entombment) 1559 Oil on canvas, 136 x 174.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian represented the Gospel account of the burial of Christ (Matthew 27: 57-61; Mark 15: 44-47; Luke 23: 50-54; John 19: 38-42)…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Copie d’après Le Titien (Study after Titian’s Entombment of Christ) c.1864 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 20 x 29.5 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione di Cristo c.1520 Musée du Louvre, Paris …
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione di Cristo (The Entombment of Christ) c.1520 Oil on canvas, 148 x 212 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione nel sepolcro 1559 Museo del Prado, Madrid Copies: Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Copie d’après Le Titien c.1864 Rhode Island…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) & Workshop Madonna col Bambino tra due sante (The Virgin and Child between two Saints) c.1490 Oil on panel, 77 x 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin holds the Christ Child in her arms, flanked by…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) La deposizione dalla croce (The Descent from the Cross) c.1550 Oil on copperplate, 70 x 54 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Christ’s dead body is taken off the Cross by Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus and Saint John the…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Sagrada Familia con María Magdalena (The Holy Family with Mary Magdalene) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The seemingly weightless figures, the startling color combinations, and the moody, imprecise setting…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) La Sacra Famiglia con Santa Maria Maddalena (The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen) c.1495–1500 Distemper on canvas, 57.2 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this late picture by Mantegna was inspired…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Maddalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) 1597 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 98.5 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma Portrayed in an unadorned environment and sitting on a low chair, as if crushed by the shot from above, with a single ray…