Tag: Saint Joseph

The Betrothal of the Virgin (1420-1430)

Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) The Betrothal of the Virgin 1420–1430 Grisaille, Oil on oak panel, 77 x 88 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Two scenes are represented in this work. On the left, in a circular, Romanesque interior covered with a dome, is…

Fuga in Egitto (c.1508)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt) c.1508 Oil on canvas, 206 x 336 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian, outstanding master of the Renaissance, is represented in the Hermitage by a number of superb works. The Flight into Egypt was…

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…

The Adoration of the Magi (c.1475)

Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) The Adoration of the Magi c.1475 Oil and gold on oak, 71.1 x 56.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This tranquil scene, with its tunneling perspective and sensitively rendered faces, is characteristic of Bosch’s works before…

La fuga in Egitto (1701)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) 1701 Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 48.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1692 Giordano was summoned to Spain as court painter to King Charles II. Charles was succeeded in…