Tag: Virgin Mary

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (1519)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Virgin and Child with Saint Anne probably 1519 Oil on linden, 60 x 49.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dürer traveled to Italy from 1505–7, in particular to Venice, where he drew many inspirations for his…

La présentation de Jésus au Temple (1886-1894)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) La présentation de Jésus au Temple (The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1886–1894 Watercolor on paper, 22.2 x 15.2 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Forty days after the birth of Jesus, the Holy Family travels to Jerusalem…

Notre-Dame de Paris

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris Construction started: 1163 Opened: 1345 Address: 6 Parvis Notre-Dame, Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France Notre-Dame in Art: Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) L’Immortalité 1889 National Museum Wales, Cardiff     Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris 1888 Detroit…

Vierge de l’Adoption (1858)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Vierge de l’Adoption (Virgin of the Adoption) 1858 Oil on canvas, 69.5 × 56.8 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Riposo durante la Fuga in Egitto (1597)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Riposo durante la Fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1597 Oil on canvas, 135.5 x 166.5 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The “Rest” is a masterpiece of extraordinary beauty and exceptional communicative immediacy by the young…

La Asunción de la Virgen (1577-1579)

El Greco (1541-1614) La Asunción de la Virgen (The Assumption of the Virgin) 1577–1579 Oil on canvas, 403.2 × 211.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting was the central element of the altarpiece that was El Greco’s first major…