Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Giovanni Battista rende testimonianza (Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness) c.1600 Oil on copper, 54.3 x 43.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Annibale launched the vogue for landscapes in which nature is transformed by the…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) c.1457–1459 Oil on poplar, 68 × 30 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Sebastian was the leader of the bodyguard of the Roman emperor Diocletian and was sentenced to death for his Christian faith. The saint…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Rue de village à Marlotte (Village Street in Marlotte) 1866 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 91.44 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Although Alfred Sisley is considered one of the key figures of Impressionism, he remained somewhat of…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione nel sepolcro (The Entombment) 1559 Oil on canvas, 136 x 174.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian represented the Gospel account of the burial of Christ (Matthew 27: 57-61; Mark 15: 44-47; Luke 23: 50-54; John 19: 38-42)…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Paysage du Jura (Jura Landscape) 1869 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 73.3 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) Mermaid 1896 Oil on canvas, 100.3 × 552.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Jeune femme en costume du XVIe siècle (Young woman in 16th century costume) s.d. Pencil, red chalk, watercolor, 23.6 x 13.2 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Study for the painting kept in the Harrington Collection (Indianapolis), inspired by Goethe‘s…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1538 Oil on panel, 61.6 × 42.2 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Christ en croix (Christ on the Cross) c.1853–1856 Pastel on paper, 24.7 x 16.5 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le pont de pierre et les péniches à Rouen (The Stone Bridge and Barges at Rouen) 1883 Oil on canvas, 54.2 x 65 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Le pont de pierre à Rouen,…