Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) L’estasi di Maria Maddalena (The Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene) 1585–1600 Oil on panel, 37.5 x 29.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid According to the Golden Legend, after the death of Christ his follower Mary Magdalene moved to the…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Crucifixion of Christ c.1500–1501 Oil on lime, 58.5 × 45 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The small-format panel, which was probably used for private devotion, dates from Cranach‘s first known creative period, which the artist spent in…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Daniel in the Lions’ Den c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 224.2 x 330.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Old Testament recounts how the Persian king Darius I “The Great” (550–486 BC) condemned the devout and steadfast…
El Greco (1541-1614) San Francisco y el hermano León meditando sobre la muerte (Saint Francis and Brother Leo Meditating on Death) c.1600–1605 Oil on canvas, 168 x 103.2 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) San Francisco medita…
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Hope I (Hoffnung I) 1903 Oil on canvas, 189.2 x 67 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Study: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Standing Pregnant Woman with a Man 1902–1903 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Knight, Death and the Devil 1513 Engraving, 24.6 × 18.9 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Knight, Death and the Devil 1513 Petit Palais, Paris
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) 1660–1670 Oil on canvas, 208.9 x 113 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego In this late painting by Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, the luminous figure of Christ appears against…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1635 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 68.6 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego Zurbarán is recognized as one of the greatest Spanish painters of the seventeenth century. He…
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…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) San Girolamo penitente (Penitent Saint Jerome) 1556–1561 Oil on canvas, 235 x 125 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting was made for the altar of Santa Maria Nuova, in Venice, around the mid-1550s; it arrived in Brera…