This work depicts Jesus, the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph with an angel presenting flowers to the family. Aachen painted a number of variations on this theme. This particular painting of The Holy Family is in the Hermitage in Russia. This painting is oil on panel and…
This fresco, painted on the walls of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, is considered to be Masaccio's masterpiece. The patrons who commissioned the work are shown kneeling at the forefront of the painting, however they cannot be identified with certainty. The painting…
This painting depicts the three Marys, Mary the Mother of James, Mary Magdalene and Mary of Cleophas, at the tomb of the resurrection. The viewer is placed in a prostrated position and looking up first notices the expressions of bewilderment on the central Mary's face…
La Immaculada Concepción was painted by the Spanish Baroque artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. There are several works of art with this title in El Prado Museum; this one is nearly 108 x 75 inches long. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception holds that the Virgin Mary,…
The Parable of the Friend at Night (also known as the Parable of the Friend at Midnight or of the Importunate Neighbour) is a parable of Jesus which appears in Luke 11:5–8. In it, a friend eventually agrees to help his neighbor due to his persistent demands rather than…
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas is one of the most copied and reproduced of all Caravaggio paintings. According to the gospel of St. John, Thomas (one of the twelve apostles) had missed Christ's appearance after the Resurrection and insisted that "Unless I see the nail…
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