This is a panel painting by the German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer. It was finished in 1526, and is the last of his large works. It depicts the four apostles larger-than-life-size.
This is the third woodcut in Dürer's terrifying Apocalypse series, which contains altogether fifteen scenes from the Book of Revelations. It depicts the four Apocalyptic Riders as they are described in the Old Testament. From left to right we see Death, Famine, War and…
This oil on panel painting measures 21¼ x 29 inches. It is signed and dates in the lower right corner. This painting belongs to a group of cabinet pictures painted by de Vos towards the end of his life, and including the Apollo and the Muses in the Musées Royaux des…
Manna is described in the Bible as an edible substance that God bestowed upon the Israelites while they were wandering the desert during the 40-year period that followed the Exodus and preceded the conquest of Canaan. Reni's oil on canvas Baroque painting was completed in…
The canvas shows the young Virgin Mary seated at a table with her mother, Anne, as the two embroider a lily. In the background, Mary's Father, Joachim, reaches to prune a vine in a luscious green garden which has been visited by a haloed dove. At the women's feet are a…
The Good Samaritan is an oil in canvas painting by Aimé Morot, from 1880. The subject of the painting is the Parable of the Good Samaritan from the Gospel of Saint Luke. The wounded man rides on the Samaritan’s donkey, apparently still not conscious, while the Samaritan…
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