Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) 1891 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 87.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Cristo in pietà (Christ in the Sepulchre) c.1480–1482 Oil on panel, 21 x 41 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Predella of the Altarpiece of St. Barnabas. Altarpiece of St. Barnabas: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di San Barnaba c.1480–1482 Galleria degli…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ultima comunione di san Gerolamo (Last Communion of Saint Jerome) early 1490s Tempera and gold on wood,34.3 x 25.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great fourth-century scholar and translator of the Bible into Latin is shown in…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna in trono con santi (Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints) c.1504–1505 Tempera and gold on wood, 169.5 x 168.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is the main panel of the Colonna Altarpiece (Pala Colonna). Raphael painted this…
Meurent, Victorine (1844-1927) Le jour des rameaux (Palm Sunday) 1885 Oil on canvas, 41 x 32 cm Musée Municipal d’Art et d’Histoire, Colombes
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Saint Barbara 1437 Oil on panel, 32 x 18.2 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Barbara was the daughter of a nobleman who wanted to hide her away from admirers by locking her up in…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Les flamants (The Flamingoes) 1910 Oil on canvas, 113.8 x 162 cm Private collection Painted in 1910, Les Flamants is a rare example of Henri “Le Douanier” Rousseau’s renowned jungle paintings, created during the final year of the…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Morte della Vergine (Death of the Virgin) c.1462 Oil on wood, 54.5 x 42 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary lies on her deathbed, surrounded by eleven Apostles. Through the window, the Borgo di San Giorgio and…
Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) I Raro te Oviri (Under the Pandanus) 1891 Oil on canvas, 67.31 x 90.8 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas In his mid-thirties, Paul Gauguin abandoned his life as a stockbroker to become an artist. He sought to…