The Temptations of Christ is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, executed in 1480–1482 and located in the Sistine Chapel, Rome. The fresco measures 345.5 cm × 555 cm (136.0 in × 219 in) and can be seen in the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
In this fresco, Signorelli presents five simultaneous events from the end of the life of Moses, which can be read from right to left. Moses is seen on the right-hand side, reading covenants of the Lord to a large group of followers who fill the entire bottom half of the…
This name is used for a group of three women who came to the sepulchre of Jesus. In Eastern Orthodoxy they are among the Myrrhbearers, a group that traditionally includes a much larger number of people.
The painting was commissioned by Lelio Pasqualini (1549-1611), a native of Bologna then resident in Rome, where he was a canon at Santa Maria Maggiore. Its unusual composition may be linked to Pasqualini's antiquarian interests - he owned one of the most notable collections…
Mikołaj Haberschrack who died in 1494 was a painter from Krakow who created many paintings for local churches. The Three Marys (also spelled Maries) are women mentioned in the canonical gospels' narratives of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus
The Transfiguration is the last painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael. The painting was commissioned by Cardinal Giulio de Medici, who would later become Pope Clement VII. Raphael began work on the painting in 1516; the painting was finished in 1520, the…
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