Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Shadow of Death 1873–1874 Oil on panel, 104.5 x 82 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This minutely detailed painting depicts the young Jesus stretching after his day’s labor in his father’s carpentry shop. His mother,…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Adoración de los Reyes Magos (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1655–1660 Oil on canvas, 190.8 x 146.1 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Bartolomé Esteban Murillo became the leading painter in devoutly Catholic Seville, Spain, from…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Les étoiles filantes (The shooting stars) 1847–1849 Oil on board, 18.7 x 34.5 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff This purely imaginary subject is unusual among Millet’s works. It refers to Dante‘s ‘Inferno‘ which in one section describes the…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Madonna col Bambino, San Domenico e Sant’Aurea, Patriarchi e Profeti (The Virgin and Child with Saint Dominic and Saint Aurea, and Patriarchs and Prophets) c.1312–1315 Egg tempera on wood, 61.4 x 39.3 cm National Gallery, London Duccio was…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Adoration of the Kings 1598 Bodycolour on vellum, 32.9 × 48 cm National Gallery, London Jan Brueghel seems to have squeezed a whole world into his tiny picture. A crowd waits patiently for a turn…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Natività con i profeti Isaia ed Ezechiele (The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel) 1308–1311 Tempera on single poplar panel, 48 × 86.8 × 7.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting was part of…
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Daughters of the Mist 1900–1919 Oil on canvas, 119.4 x 101 cm De Morgan Collection
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) La Inmaculada Concepción (The Immaculate Conception) 1661 Oil on canvas, 136.5 x 102 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Compare: Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) La Inmaculada Concepción 1628–1630 Museo del Prado, Madrid
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
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Immacolata Concezione (The Immaculate Conception) c.1637 Oil on canvas, 220 × 160 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid