Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco contemplando una calavera (St. Francis Contemplating a Skull) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 30.5 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Faust et Méphistophélès (Faust and Mephistopheles) 1827–1828 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37.7 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La Vergine con sei santi (The Virgin with Six Saints) 1755–1756 Oil on canvas, 72.8 × 56 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente (The Penitent Mary Magdalene) c.1576–1577 Oil on canvas, 156.5 × 121 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente c.1577 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Les péchés capitaux dominés par la mort (The deadly sins dominated by death) 1904 Etching on paper, 16 x 24.8 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Nature morte dans l’atelier (Still life in the studio) 1889 Oil on canvas, 83 x 113.5 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich James Sidney Ensor‘s “Still Life” is more than the usual realistic studio study that is so often encountered…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Squelettes voulant se chauffer (Skeletons Wanting to Warm Themselves) 1889 Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 60 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth James Ensor was one of the most original painters of the late nineteenth century. Populated with…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Maddalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) 1560s Oil on canvas, 119 x 97 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian turned to the subject of the repentant Mary Magdalene on several occasions, but this version he kept for himself in his…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Girolamo penitente (Saint Jerome in penitence) 1634 Oil on canvas, 126 × 78 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Saint Jerome in penitence is one of the episodes from the life of a saint whom Ribera depicted on a…