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The painting featured here is an example of the characteristic compositions with poultry in which D`Hondecoeter specialised. This type of painting was brought to Utrecht in 1619 by Roeland Savery (157 [+]
Patinir shows St Jerome sitting inside the wooden shack that leans against the rocks in the foreground. As with the Landscape with the Martyrdom of St Catherine in Vienna (Kunsthistorisches Museum), t [+]
The panel is from the main altarpiece of the royal pantheon at the monastery of Sijena (Huesca). The monumental figures are rendered with a degree of artifice -evident in the complex folds of their ro [+]
In keeping with the Gospel according to Saint Luke (22: 39-46), Christ, far from the disciples, kneels down with his hands separated and prays to the Father to take away the cup of suffering he must d [+]
Hidden by a cloud, Christ ascends to heaven, watched by Mary and the apostles, amongst whom James is placed in a prominent position. He appears with a staff and a pilgrim’s hat. The upper part of Chri [+]
According to the Acts of the Apostles (2: 1-41), the Virgin and the apostles were gathered in the Upper Room when the Holy Spirit descended on them in the form of tongues of fire. The Holy Spirit is s [+]
Seated at a table, the two characters count money with greedy expressions. The moneychanger wears bourgeois clothing, with fur cuffs and collar and a strange hat with a pendant. The woman wears a red [+]
Seated on a throne, the Virgin holds the Christ Child in her lap. On the right, Saint Jerome dressed as a Cardinal reads the Vulgata (The Bible he, himself, translated into Latin). The Archangel Rapha [+]
Having delivered the Bacchus and Ariadne in 1523 Titian then painted The Andrians, also inspired by Philostratus (Imagines I, 25). The scene is set on the island of Andros, a place so favoured by Bacc [+]
In keeping with the style of his final years in Palencia, this Flemish painter increases the size of the three main figures- Christ blesses Lazurus, who rises from the tomb. His hand rests on the top [+]
This portrait commemorates Charles V’s victory over the Schmalkaldic League at Mühlberg on 24 April 1547. The Emperor is equipped in the manner of the light cavalry with a half pike and wheel-loc [+]
The painter who, according to documents, was of German origin, made this work in Córdoba. In order to execute this scene, he used the so-called Prevedari Engraving, made after a drawing by the [+]
A decisive breakthrough in the career of the Tuscan painter Lodovico Cigoli came with his contribution to a series of six paintings required for the new altars for St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Accordi [+]
The study at the top of the sheet is copied from the torso of Michelangelo´s Risen Christ in S. Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, commissioned in 1514. In the statue, Christ holds the sponge, or cloth, impre [+]
A vessel made up of three pieces of rock crystal and three enamelled gold mounts. The body is formed by a boat-shaped piece with a figurehead on the prow consisting of a mask with pointed ears and ram [+]
