Dominated by the central figure of Jesus in a rich scarlet robe. Christ driving the Traders from the Temple (1600) National Gallery, London One of five versions of the Biblical story of the Cleansing or Purification of the Temple, which occurs in all the Gospels. Portrait of Felix Horten...
It portrays Jesus Christ in a blue robe, holding a crystal ball in one hand and signing the cross with the other. In 2017, it became the most expensive painting in the world when Dmitry Rybolovlev sold it at Christie’s New York. In 1605, King Louis X11 of France commissioned this ...
Matisse moved into an apartment on 19 Quai Saint-Michel in Paris in 1913. Here, he paintedInterior, Goldfish Bowl, one of his most complex paintings addressing the study of space. The goldfish bowl at the center of the composition creates an ambiguity in the space: it is both part of the...
I looked at the studies; a very beautiful and sad one based on Delacroix's La vierge et Jesus. Convicts walking in a circle surrounded by high prison walls, a canvas (painted in the St. Paul's Asylum) inspired by Doré of a terrifying ferocity and which is also symbolic of his end....
Studies for Jesus among the doctors, 1866 The Virgin of the Host, 1866 Women’s Group, 1867 Antoine Thomeguex Aretino and Tintoretto Birth of the Muses Don Pedro of Toledo Kissing the Sword of Henri IV Figure of an apostle, turned right Head of a young blond girl with blue eyes (Laure...
The artist was born in Milan and learned to paint under the guidance of a master. When he was 19 years old, he entered the Society of Jesus in Genoa. Although a Jesuit, he was never ordained as a priest, instead joining as a lay brother. ...
2.The Storm on the Sea of Galilee The 1633 oil painting by Dutch Baroque artist Rembrandt Van Rijn is one of the greatest art thefts in the world. The serene work depicts the biblical event of Jesus calming the storm on this sea, as described in the holy book. It is the painter’s ...
Needle biopsy 12/22/08 All praise be Valium in Jesus' name: A CAT-scan needle biopsy sent me Up a happy cul-de-sac, a detour not Detached from consciousness but sweetly part – I heard machines and experts murmuring about me – [ …] All would be well, I felt, all manner of ...
Landscape of Madrid Villa Pepita Two Girls 1923 Cubist Self-Portrait Self-Portrait with “L’Humanité” Satirical Composition Female Nude in a Blue Background Family Scene Pierrot with Guitar Still Life Still Life Cubist Composition / Cubist Portrait of Federico García Lorca ...
Typical Leonardesque symbolism such as wild primrose, which represents resurrection, and the blue veronica flower, symbol of the eyes of the Virgin Mary. In the Last Supper, the disciple to the left of Jesus pointing his finger towards the ceiling gives a clear indication that the mystery in ...