Tag: Virgin Mary

Le Christ jaune (1889)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Le Christ jaune (The Yellow Christ) 1889 Oil on canvas, 92.07 x 73.34 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo The Symbolists, who emerged during the 1880s, were weary of modern society and sought escape from reality. They began to…

Santa Maria dello Spasimo (Palermo)

Founded: 1506 Address: Via dello Spasimo 15, 90133 Palermo PA, Italia Santa Maria dello Spasimo in Art: Raffaello (1483-1520) & Workshop Spasimo di Sicilia 1515–1516 Museo del Prado, Madrid     See also: • Churches | Palermo (Italia)

Catedral de Toledo (España)

Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo Consecrated: 587 Groundbreaking: 1226 Completed: 1493 Location: Calle Cardenal Cisneros 1, 45002 Toledo, España Website: https://www.catedralprimada.es/ Museum: • Museo Tesoro Catedralicio Catedral de Toledo in Art: El Greco (1541-1614) Vista de Toledo c.1599–1600 Metropolitan Museum…

Monestir de Montserrat (Barcelona)

Founded: 1025 Location: Monistrol de Montserrat, Barcelona Order: Benedictine Dedicated to Santa María de Montserrat Website: https://abadiamontserrat.cat/ Museum: • Museu de Montserrat Collection: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): San Girolamo in meditazione (1605-06) See also: • Abbeys

Madonna di Loreto (c.1604)

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)

Deposizione (c.1600-1604)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Deposizione (Entombment of Christ) c.1600–1604 Oil on canvas, 300 x 203 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano The Deposition, considered one of Caravaggio‘s greatest masterpieces, was commissioned by Girolamo Vittrice for his family chapel in S. Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) in Rome.…

Madonna del Rosario (c.1601)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Madonna del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary) c.1601 Oil on canvas, 364.5 × 249.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Our Lady invites St. Dominic to distribute rosaries to the people. St Peter Martyr points to the source of all graces,…

La Madonna dei Palafrenieri (1605)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) La Madonna dei Palafrenieri (The Madonna dei Palafrenieri / Madonna and Child with Saint Anne) 1605 Oil on canvas, 292 x 211 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The painting was commissioned in 1605 by the members of the powerful Palafrenieri archconfraternity…