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Young Man and Woman in an Inn (1623)

Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Young Man and Woman in an Inn 1623 Oil on canvas, 105.4 x 79.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted with the characteristically bold brushwork that Hals had learned from Flemish painting, this picture provides a…

Saint Barbara (1438)

Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Saint Barbara 1438 Oil on oak panel, 101 x 47 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Saint Barbara reads by the light of a fireplace in a richly appointed room. The key to her identity lies outside the window…

Virgin and Child (c.1475)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475 Oil on oak, 37.9 x 28 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary, bareheaded and richly dressed, holds the naked Christ Child, who rests on a white cushion on a ledge of purple-grey veined…

Gesù che porta la croce (c.1565)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Gesù che porta la croce (Carrying of the Cross) c.1565 Oil on canvas, 67 x 77 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Renaissance painting abounds with representations of Christ bearing the cross on the road to Calvary, either as an isolated…