Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Apostle Judas Thaddeus 1619–1621 Oil on oak, 61.4 × 49.7 × 2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The so-called Böhler series of 13 busts depicting Christ and the 12 apostles (only two of them in the KHM) dates…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo 1624 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 73.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Van Dyck was in Palermo, Sicily, when a plague broke out and the city was quarantined.…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria c.1630 Oil on canvas, 109.2 x 90.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The infant Jesus responds with playful enthusiasm to an adoring Saint Catherine, a princess identified by…
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…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Santa Teresa de Jesús (Saint Teresa of Jesus) c.1645 Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 104.4 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Sebastiano curato da Irene (Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene and Her Maid) c.1630–1640 Oil on canvas, 208 x 157 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia Compare: Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Sebastiano curato da Sant’Irene 1628 Hermitage Museum, Saint…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) San Bartolomeo nel martirio (Saint Bartholomew in Martyrdom) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 137 x 96 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
El Greco (1541-1614) San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist) c.1600–1605 Oil on canvas, 103 x 62 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 45 x 38 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Coriolano convinto dalla sua famiglia a risparmiare Roma (Coriolanus persuaded by his Family to spare Rome) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.7 x 125.7 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco, was part of a…