El Greco (1541-1614) San Francisco medita sobre la muerte (Saint Francis Meditating on Death) 1600–1610 Oil on canvas, 106 x 66 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) San Francisco y el hermano León meditando sobre la muerte…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1632 Oil on canvas, 114 x 78 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires In the iconography of St Francis of Assisi, which began shortly after his…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco en meditación (Saint Francis in Meditation) 17th century Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 57 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Girolamo (Saint Jerome) c.1498–1505 Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel), 44.5 x 26 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Botticelli’s work originally consisted of four parts: the two central ones carrying an Annunciation scene and the side wings with…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (Christ Crucified) 1475 Oil on wood, 41.9 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London Christ’s body hangs limply on the Cross; the torment of his crucifixion is almost over. He is supported in his final moments by…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (Calvary) 1475 Oil on panel, 52.5 x 42.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The dead Christ hangs from the Cross on Golgotha, also known as Mount Calvary. The Virgin Mary is mourning at his…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Maddalena penitente (Repentant Mary Magdalene) 1808–1809 Marble, h. 95 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Canova, an outstanding sculptor of the late 18th – early 19th century, the head of the school of Neoclassicism in Rome, did not often…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Francisco rezando (Saint Francis in Prayer) c.1638–1639 Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 90.2 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena St. Francis of Assisi, a mystic and poet, was also the founder of the Franciscans, an important mendicant…