Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Adoration of the Magi c.1494 Oil on oak panel, 147.4 x 168.6 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Closed: The theme of this triptych is the advent of salvation -a message about the universality of Redemption. The Eucharistic meaning…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Trasfigurazione di Cristo (Transfiguration of Christ) 1685 Oil on canvas, 240 x 320 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Conversione di san Paolo (The Conversion of St Paul) c.1527–1528 Oil on canvas, 177.5 × 128.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna As the Acts of the Apostles recount, Saul was suddenly surrounded by heavenly light on his way to Damascus, where…
Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Le Repos de Diane (Diana Resting) c.1845 Oil on canvas, 40.64 x 33.02 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Dantis Amor (Dante’s Love) 1860 Oil on mahogany, 74.9 x 81.3 cm Tate Britain, London «L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.» (Love that moves the sun and the other stars). Dante, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145. See also:…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’Espérance (Hope) 1842 Oil on canvas, 116.5 × 117 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition: half-length woman, arms and hands open, white sleeveless tunic under a green drape, face in profile turned to the right. (Louvre)…
Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Waterloo Bridge, le soleil dans le brouillard (Waterloo Bridge, Sun Through Fog) 1903 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 100.3 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Pont de Waterloo, effet de brouillard 1903 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg…
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise 1875 Oil on canvas, 58.4 x 69.9 cm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Compare: Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Rue de l’Hermitage, Pontoise 1873–1875 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas See also: • Hermitage | Pontoise (France)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) En plein soleil (In Full Sunlight) c.1881 Oil on wood, 24.8 x 35.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cascading sunlight illuminates the colorful open parasol and beribboned hats of the group lounging on the grass. This…
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Matin de printemps (Spring Morning) c.1875 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 42.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The light on this spring day is so bright that the woman shields her eyes from the glare. She…