This well-preserved picture by Breenbergh dates from a few years after his return from Rome to Amsterdam. The subject of Saint John preaching in the wilderness was often employed by Dutch artists as an analogy to Protestant worship when the Netherlands was still ruled by…
Mary and Joseph brought the infant Christ, forty days after his birth, to be presented in the Temple in Jerusalem. According to Jewish custom, all first-born male children were to be taken to the Temple to be presented to God in a ceremony that involved the sacrifice of two…
The Prodigal Son is an unsigned 1618 painting by Peter Paul Rubens. It is now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp. Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat.He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque…
This painting of Jesus sitting with some of his disciples, measures 7 1/8 x 11 1/16 inches and is an Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper. It is signed on the bottom near center on tree trunk: "J.J. Tissot" It was painted in France and is now housed in The…
Though he would soon produce artworks very much in his own style, Rembrandt's influence is pronounced in the Raising of Lazarus, one of Fabritius's earliest known canvases. Indeed, Fabritius renders this well-known scene from the Bible, in which Lazarus rises from the dead,…
The Raising of Lazarus by Rembrandt is Oil on panel measuring 37 15/16 x 32 in. (96.36 x 81.28 cm). It can be seen in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The work depicts the Raising of Lazarus as told in the Gospel of John, Chapter 11.
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