Tag: Virgin Mary

Ia Orana Maria (1891)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary) 1891 Oil on canvas, 113.7 x 87.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian…

Santa Maria della Salute (Venezia)

Consecrated: 1681 Address: Dorsoduro, 1, 30123 Venezia VE, Italia Website: https://basilicasalutevenezia.it/ La Salute in Art:   Canaletto (1697-1768) Canal Grande e Santa Maria della Salute c.1730 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston     Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) La Punta della Dogana con S.…

La Inmaculada Concepción (1628-1630)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) La Inmaculada Concepción (Immaculate Conception) 1628–1630 Oil on canvas, 128 x 89 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The worship of the Immaculate Virgin is one of seventeenth-century Spain‘s identity traits, especially following a considerable argument between…

Virgen Niña (1632-1633)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Virgen Niña (The Young Virgin) c.1632–1633 Oil on canvas, 116.8 x 94 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York According to medieval legend, as a girl the Virgin Mary lived in the Temple in Jerusalem, where…

Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Venezia)

Founded: 1250 Completed: 1338 Address: San Polo, 3072, 30125 Venezia VE, Italia Website: https://www.basilicadeifrari.it/ Monument of Titian. The tomb of Canova, originally designed by him as a mausoleum for Titian. Claudio Monteverdi’s tomb. Burials: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) • Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643) • Tiziano (c.1488-1576) See…

Adorazione dei Magi (16th century)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 16th century Oil on canvas, 141 cm x 219 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adorazione dei Magi 1500s Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland     Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adorazione dei Magi c.1557–1560…

Madonna tra i santi Giorgio e Dorotea (1515-1518)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna tra i santi Giorgio e Dorotea (Virgin and Child with St. Dorothy and St. George) c.1515–1518 Oil on panel, 86 x 130 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The authorship, dating and iconography of this work are all controversial. It…