Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La soeur aînée, réduction (The Elder Sister, reduction) c.1864 Oil on panel, 55.6 x 45.6 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Signed lower right on chest: “W Bouguereau” This painting portrays a young woman dressed in garments that seem…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco (Stigmatization of Saint Francis) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 278 x 153 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A depiction of a miracle in the life of Saint Francis of Assisi that took place in…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Visione di San Pascual Baylón (Vision of St. Paschal Baylon) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 340 x 180 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The two surviving fragments of the canvas painted before August 29, 1769 have been assembled…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Visión de san Pedro Nolasco (Vision of St. Peter Nolasco) 1629 Oil on canvas, 179 x 223 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Founder of the order of la Merced Calzada, the saint is depicted kneeling, leaning on…
Guercino (1591-1666) L’estasi di San Francesco (The Ecstasy of St. Francis) c.1623–1625 Oil on canvas, 162 x 127 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Federico II Gonzaga (Portrait of Federico II Gonzaga) 1529 Oil on panel, 125 x 99 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid On 16 April 1529 Federico II Gonzaga, First Duke of Mantua (1500-1540), apologised to his uncle Alfonso…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Prove di Cristo (Temptations of Christ) 1480–1482 Fresco, 345 x 555 cm Cappella Sistina, Vaticano
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna del Rosario (Madonna of the Rosary Enthroned) 1473 Oil on panel, 129 x 76 cm Museo Regionale, Messina Image: Web Gallery of Art This is the central panel of the San Gregorio Polyptych. Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479)…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Polittico di San Gregorio (San Gregorio Polyptych) 1473 Tempera on wood, 194 x 202 cm Museo Regionale, Messina Central panel: Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna del Rosario 1473 Museo Regionale, Messina Detail of Saint Benedict: Detail…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of Barbara Dürer, née Holper (Porträt der Barbara Dürer, geb. Holper) c.1490 Oil on panel, 47.5 x 39.5 cm Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg See also: • Dürer, Barbara (c.1451-1514)