Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist (De prediking van Johannes de Doper) 1566 Oil on oak, 95 x 160.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest ‘The peasant’: this is the name that has become associated…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Netherlandish Proverbs 1559 Oil on oak panel, 117.2 x 163.8 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Reference lower right: BRVEGEL • 1559 The picture brings together 100 proverbs and places them in surroundings that are as…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) c.1607 Oil on canvas, 116 x 140 cm Palacio Real, Madrid The painting is in good condition after being restored by Patrimonio Nacional in 2015. It…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Madonna di Loreto, Madonna dei Pellegrini (Pilgrim’s Madonna) c.1604 Oil on canvas, 260 x 150 cm Cappella Cavalletti, Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio, Roma See also: • Loreto (Italia)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist) c.1609–1610 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 106.7 cm National Gallery, London The story of the death of Saint John the Baptist is related in the Gospel…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Crocifissione di Sant’Andrea (The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 202.5 x 152.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Although Saint Andrew is typically associated with an X-shaped cross, here he is depicted on a standard vertical cross.…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) La Buona Ventura (The Fortune Teller) 1596–1597 Oil on canvas, 115 x 150 cm Musei Capitolini, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) La Buona Ventura c.1595 Musée du Louvre, Paris
Caravaggio (1571-1610) La Buona Ventura (The Fortune Teller) c.1595 Oil on canvas, 99 x 131 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) La Buona Ventura 1596–1597 Musei Capitolini, Roma
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Il cavadenti (The Tooth Puller) c.1609 Oil on canvas, 194,5 x 139,5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cena in Emmaus (Supper at Emmaus) 1606 Oil on canvas, 141 x 175 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Caravaggio painted the Supper at Emmaus between 1605 and 1606, probably painted on the Colonna estate in Paliano where he sought refuge…