The workshop of Jan Massys (c. 1509-1575) in Amberes produced a number of copies of this image based on a protoype by Quinten Massys, Jan’s father. Notable is the saint’s powerful look, which bestows [+]
Comprising three panels, the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi and the Presentation in the Temple, this painting is earlier than the triptych on the same subject painted by Memling for Jan Floreins [+]
The panel shows three different scenes: in the distance on the left Salome’s dance, and on the right Salome is giving Herodias the Baptist’s head. In the foreground the beheading has already taken pla [+]
An inscription in gothic letters identifies the sitter and dates the work: "In the year 1438, I painted this effigy of Master Heinrich von Werl, Doctor of Cologne". A Provincial of the Franciscan Orde [+]
With the owners or house servants away, the animals sneak into the larder, giving free rein to their instincts. This leads to a fight. Scenes of animal fights in domestic settings were customary in mi [+]
Christ appears in the tax collector’s office and calls on Matthew to follow him. Matthew, depicted raising his right hand to his breast and with a star above his head, would become one of Christ’s mos [+]
Malombra, especialista en escenas de interiores, representó la recepción del dux Leonardo Donato al español Alonso de la Cueva, embajador en Venecia entre 1606 y 1618, y la ambientó en la Sala del Col [+]
This painting has particular documentary interest as it shows the inside of Saint Peter’s transept and chancel before work began on Bernini’s Throne of Saint Peter (1656). The small figures that enliv [+]
Two banderoles, one above and the other below the central circle, contain Latin texts from Deuteronomy (32: 28-29 and 20), warning against the wages of sin. The upper banderole, between the tondos of [+]
Surrounded by the apostles, Mary lies on her deathbed. Dressed as a priest, Saint Peter gives her a lit candle, while Saint John and another apostle read the Holy Scriptures beside her. The scene of t [+]
The painting shows a luxurious domestic interior. The window at the far end contains a stained glass scene of the Anunciation, an allusion to Christ’s incarnation. The Virgin Mary receives the baby Sa [+]
Of the four paintings commissioned by the Duke of Infantado, The Nativity is the one that is least influenced by Netherlandish models, particularly the structure of the architecture. In The Death of t [+]
La pintura, presenta al obispo oficiante en el centro de la composición, entre San José y la Virgen, con las manos unidas y de cada lado, sus parientes y amigos. A la izquierda, en primer término, el [+]
The painter, linked to the Mendoza family, patrons of this work, was familiar with Netherlandish painting as shown in the Annunciation, similar to Van der Weyden. The kneeling donor is thought to be t [+]
These panels (P2575, P2577, P2578) formerly in the Benedictine monastery in Sopetrán (Guadalajara), must have been commissioned by the 1st Duke of El Infantado, who appears kneeling in one scen [+]
The artist of this panel is traditionally referred to as the Master of the Luna Family, whom Post first identified in 1933 as one of the two painters who produced the altarpiece for the chapel of Sain [+]
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 triptych presents four scenes: the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Adoration of the Angels and the Adoration of the Magi. Painted around 1445, it is considered the earliest surviving work by Di [+]