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Adoration of the Magi (c.1494)

Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Adoration of the Magi c.1494 Oil on oak panel, 147.4 x 168.6 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Closed: The theme of this triptych is the advent of salvation -a message about the universality of Redemption. The Eucharistic meaning…

Natività (1523)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Natività (The Nativity) 1523 Oil on panel, 46 x 35.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman and an older man kneel to either side of a nude baby outside of a barn-like structure in this vertical…

Natività (early 1480s)

Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Natività (The Nativity) early 1480s Oil on poplar, 124.4 x 122.6 cm National Gallery, London Piero della Francesca depicted Christ’s Nativity as a miraculous vision materialising on top of a hill near his hometown in rural Tuscany. He…

Raphaël et la Fornarina (1814)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raphaël et la Fornarina (Raphael and the Fornarina) 1814 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 53.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Compare: Raffaello (1483-1520) La Fornarina c.1520 Palazzo Barberini, Roma     Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna della Seggiola 1513–1514 Galleria Palatina, Firenze…

Stables (1932)

O’Keeffe, Georgia (1887-1986) Stables 1932 Oil on canvas, 30.5 × 81.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

Vue du Crotoy en amont (1889)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Vue du Crotoy en amont (View of Le Crotoy from Upstream) 1889 Oil on canvas, 70.5 × 86.7 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Seurat‘s unique style of painting (called pointillism, divisionism, or neo-impressionism) was based on scientific…