Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Woman taken in Adultery 1644 Oil on oak, 83.8 x 65.4 cm National Gallery, London A woman kneels and weeps. Darkness like a great cavern surrounds her. A shaft of light picks her out on the stone…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c.1635 Oil on paper and pieces of canvas, mounted onto oak, 31.9 x 26.7 cm National Gallery, London Christ’s body has just been taken down from the Cross, and his family and…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Ecce Homo 1634 Oil on paper mounted onto canvas, 54.5 x 44.5 cm National Gallery, London ‘Ecce Homo’, the Latin title of this painting, is taken from the Bible, and means ‘Behold the man!’ These were the words…
Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, Known as the ‘Night Watch’ Rembrandt (1606-1669) Night Watch 1642 Oil on canvas, 379.5 x 453.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt‘s largest and most famous painting was made…
Guercino (1591-1666) Semiramide chiamata alle armi (Semiramis called to Arms) 1645 Oil on canvas, 130 x 152 cm Private collection
Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo e l’adultera (The Woman taken in Adultery) c.1621 Oil on canvas, 98.2 x 122.7 cm Dulwich Picture Gallery, London In the Gospel of John – in the New Testament of the Bible, according to the Christian tradition…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Allocuzione di Alfonso d’Avalos (Alfonso d’Avalos Addressing his Troops) 1540–1541 Oil on canvas, 223 cm x 165 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Alfonso d’Avalos, first Marchese del Vasto, was born in Ischia on 25 May 1502 to a noble…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Scoperta del cadavere di Oloferne (Discovery of the Body of Holofernes) c.1470 Tempera on panel, 31 x 24 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Storia di Lucrezia (The Story of Lucretia) c.1500 Tempera and oil on panel, 83.8 x 176.8 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston According to legend, Lucretia’s brutal rape and tragic suicide precipitated the foundation of the Roman Republic. Botticelli…
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Crucifixion blanche (White Crucifixion) 1938 Oil on canvas, 154.6 x 140 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris White Crucifixion is the first in Marc Chagall’s series of…