GEORGES DE LA TOUR (1593-1652) The Penitent Magdalen with the Smoking Flame (c.1638-40) Oil on canvas (117 x 92 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Georges de La Tour was the greatest tenebrist painter working in 17th-century France. Indeed since his …
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The Entombment
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) The Entombment (c.1612) Oil on canvas (131 x 130 cm) Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Recognized as the greatest painter of his day, Rubens received commissions from all over Europe and created profound, original statements of virtually every …
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ
ANTON VAN DYCK (1599-1641) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (1616/18) Oil on canvas 207 x 137 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" This moving painting highlights the extraordinary skill and confidence of the young van Dyck, who painted this brilliant Lamentation at the …
Old Masters 