Michelangelo (1475-1564) Pietà 1498–1499 Carrara marble, 174 x 195 cm San Pietro, Vaticano Michelangelo’s only signature, carved across the Virgin’s sash: “Michael. Agelus. Bonarotus Florent Faciebat”. Detail: A photograph by Aurelio Amendola, from the book “Michelangelo: La Dotta Mano”. See also:…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Casa de Nazareth (Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 165 x 218.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Stories of Christ’s childhood and adolescence became increasingly popular during the Counter-Reformation…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Nacimiento de la Virgen (The Birth of the Virgin) c.1627 Oil on canvas, 141 x 108.6 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) Pietà c.1850 Oil on canvas, 35 x 27 cm Nationalgalleriet, Oslo
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Virgen con el Niño (Virgin and Child) 1670s Oil on canvas, 165.7 x 109.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Like Zurbarán and Velázquez, Murillo was trained in Seville, where he spent his whole career. Often referred…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Anunciación (Annunciation) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 183 x 225 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Archangel Gabriel has descended from the heavens and kneels before Mary to announce the birth of Christ. The Angel holds some white…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Sagrada Familia del pajarito (Holy Family with a Bird) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 144 x 188 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A domestic scene filled with tenderness showing the Virgin Mary winding a skein of thread and…
Duomo Arcipretale Abbaziale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Liberale Completed: 1745 Location: Vicolo del Cristo, 14, 31033 Castelfranco Veneto TV, Italia Works of Art: • Giorgione (c.1477-1510): Pala di Castelfranco (c.1503-1504) See also: • Castelfranco Veneto (Italia) | Cathedrals | Churches
Consecrated: 1238 Location: Calle de la Barchilla, 1 46003 Valencia Website: http://www.catedraldevalencia.es/ Art: • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): San Francisco de Borja y el moribundo impenitente (1788) See also: • Cathedrals | Churches | Valencia (España)
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Corpus Hypercubus (Crucifixion) 1954 Oil on canvas, 194.3 x 123.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Dalí utilized his theory of “nuclear mysticism,” a fusion of Catholicism, mathematics, and science, to create this unusual interpretation of Christ’s…