Tag: Martha of Bethany

Resurrezione di Lazzaro (1310-1311)

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Resurrezione di Lazzaro (The Raising of Lazarus) 1310–1311 Tempera and gold on panel, 43.5 x 46.4 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth This painting was part of the predella (the bottom tier) of the Maestà altarpiece made for…

Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (1605)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Cristo nella casa di Marta e Maria (Christ in the House of Martha and Mary) 1605 Oil on poplar, 125 x 118 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on the stone at the right side of the well:…

La conversione della Maddalena (c.1661-1662)

Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) La conversione della Maddalena (The Conversion of Mary Magdalene) c.1661–1662 Oil on canvas, 229.2 x 265.4 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena In the seventeenth century, Guido Cagnacci was celebrated for his deeply sensual paintings of female saints and…

Marta e Maria Maddalena (c.1598)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Marta e Maria Maddalena (Martha and Mary Magdalene) c.1598 Oil and tempera on canvas, 100 x 134.5 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit “There is a Michelangelo da Caravaggio who is doing extraordinary things in Rome.” This quote by a…