An artist in the circle of Bergognone has painted a skull at the foot of Christ's cross, referring to 'The Place of the Skull' (another term for Calvary and Golgotha) where Christ was said to have been brought in all four gospels of the Bible. Although art historians have…
This work was a bronze Crucifix intended for the altar in the centre of the choir of the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. A surviving contemporary document tells us that it was being finished and polished in 1445, though it was not completed until 1449, when it was…
Metsu, who like Vermeer was Catholic, borrowed the youth’s pose from the Pietà. In the final phase of his career (he died at 38), he painted large religious scenes. One of them is this dark, phantasmagorial crucifixion that pales in comparison to his genre paintings.
The impenitent thief is a man described in the New Testament account of the Crucifixion of Jesus. In the Gospel narrative, two bandits are crucified alongside Jesus. In the first two Gospels (Matthew and Mark), they both join the crowd in mocking him. In the version of the…
The ancient and medieval technique of enameling, whereby a vitreous substance colored with minerals is fused to a metal surface, was revived around 1520 in the French city of Limoges. Some Limoges enamellers, including Léonard Limousin and Colin Nouailher, employed bright…
vanm Dyck became the chief assistant to Peter Paul Rubens, the leading master painter of Antwerp and the whole of Northern Europe. Rubens operated a large workshop and often relied on sub-contracted artists. His influence on the young artist was immense. Rubens referred to…
The Bible, its themes, events and characters, are the subject of many of mankind's finest works of art.
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