This oil painting is one of Caravaggio’s most famous mature religious works, painted in 1605-1606. The artwork was executed for the altar of the Archconfraternity of the Papal Grooms (Arciconfraternita di Sant’Anna de Parafrenieri) in Saint Peter’s Basilica. Moreover, it…
This work is one of three surviving fragments of a large altarpiece that probably depicted the Virgin and Child with Saints, as evidenced by a later drawing that seems to record a more complete portion of the altarpiece. The Magdalen would have been in the lower right…
This work is an Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper measuring 9 7/8 x 6 5/16 in. (25.1 x 16 cm). It is signed bottom left: "J.J. Tissot" It is in the Brooklyn Museum, but not on view.
Many of the episodes depicted within Padua’s Capella degli Scrovegni (Arena Chapel) fresco cycle hinge upon a moment of heightened emotional tension, either given in the context of some form of a departure or entailing some form of encounter or meeting. The Meeting at the…
The wedding at Cana is the name of the story in the Gospel of John at which the first miracle attributed to Jesus takes place. In the Gospel account, Jesus, his mother and his disciples are invited to a wedding at Cana in Galilee. When his mother notices that the wine has…
A crowd of figures stand gathered around a fallen nude male, seeming to express various states of shock and confusion. A single figure in a pale, green robe and white turban turns away, holding a broken hammer up for the benefit of a startled leader who leans forward,…
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