FRANCOIS-XAVIER FABRE (1766-1837) The Dying Saint Sebastian (1789) Oil on canvas (196 x 147 cm) Musée Fabre, Montpellier To enlarge the image, right-click on it and then "Open in a new tab" Born in Montpellier on 1 April 1766, Fabre was one of the first students to benefit from the education provided by Montpellier's Societe …
Tag: Religious art
The Resurrection
TINTORETTO (1518-1594) The Resurrection (c. 1565-70) Oil on canvas (201 x 139 cm) Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" Few painters have treated the resurrection of Christ more dramatically than Jacopo Robusti better known as Tintoretto. In the most famous painting of the subject, …
Saint Peter and the Angel
JOSE ANTOLINEZ (1635-75) The Liberation of St. Peter (c.1670) Oil on canvas (167 x 128 cm) National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" The following text belongs to the entry written by Adrian Le Harivel, Curator, National Gallery of Ireland, for the catalogue of …
The Glory of the Virgin
SEBASTIANO RICCI (1659-1734) The Virgin in Glory with the Archangel Gabriel and Saints Eusebius, Roch and Sebastian (1724-25) Oil on canvas (113 x 63 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles To enlarge the image, right-click on it and the "Open in a new tab" The text that follows was written by the …
The Child Christ
ANTON MARIA MARAGLIANO (1664-1739) The Child Christ (c. 1700) Painted wood with glass eyes (Height: 73 cm) Paul J. Getty Museum, Los Angeles To enlarge the pictures, right-click on them and "open in a new tab" Born in Genoa, the son of a baker, Anton Maria Maragliano entered as an apprentice in his maternal uncle's …
Old Masters 