Guercino (1591-1666) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio (Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1623 Oil on copper, 72.5 x 65 cm National Gallery, London Mary and Joseph brought the infant Christ, forty days after his birth, to be presented in…
Guercino (1591-1666) Elia nutrito dai corvi (Elijah fed by Ravens) 1620 Oil on canvas, 195 x 156.5 cm National Gallery, London The monumental figure in this painting is Elijah, an Old Testament prophet who lived in the northern kingdom of…
Guercino (1591-1666) San Pietro liberato da un angelo (Saint Peter freed by an Angel) c.1622 Oil on canvas, 105 x 136 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A youthful looking angel with curly hair imperiously points out the path of freedom…
Guercino (1591-1666) Maddalena penitente (Mary Magdalene in Penitence) 1645–1649 Oil on canvas, 119.8 x 101.2 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Mary Magdalene is one of the most famous saints in Christianity, for having known Christ and because she represented the…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1490 Tempera on panel, 88.9 x 55.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Botticelli oversaw an active workshop that produced multiple versions of the same composition. The central figures in this painting are…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1470 Tempera on panel, 57.7 x 43.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Detail.
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Lola de Valence 1862 Oil on canvas, 123 x 92 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Lola de Valence, née Dolores Melea
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) La Inmaculada Concepción (Immaculate Conception) 1628–1630 Oil on canvas, 128 x 89 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The worship of the Immaculate Virgin is one of seventeenth-century Spain‘s identity traits, especially following a considerable argument between…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna in contemplazione (The Virgin in Contemplation) 16th century Oil on canvas, 75 cm x 48 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna tra i santi Giorgio e Dorotea (Virgin and Child with St. Dorothy and St. George) c.1515–1518 Oil on panel, 86 x 130 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The authorship, dating and iconography of this work are all controversial. It…