A Calvary crowded with figures and several episodes of the Passion. In the center Christ hangs on the cross while four angels catch his blood. In the foreground are Mary Magdalene, Mary, John and Saint Veronica with her veil; on the edge of her mantle is written Salve Sancta Facies Nostri Redemptori
Christ on the cross with angels on either side. Beneath the cross at left stand John, Mary, Mary Magdalene and the holy women. In the background are Longinus and the centurion who is healed of his blindness, with two horsemen at right. Medium: Oil on panel.
The Crucifixion. Christ hangs on the cross, with Mary fainting at the left together with John, Mary Magdalene and the holy women, and Pilate and soldiers at the right. The panel is part of a large altarpiece from the former Augustinian canons' monastery at Rottenbuch. Three of the other panels are i
An anonymous 16th-century painting of the legend of Saint Christopher, the giant ferryman who carried the Christ Child across a river and felt the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Christ on the cross. To the left of the cross Saint John supports Mary, and Mary Magdalene kneels at the foot of the cross. At left stand Saint Cecilia and Saint Barbara, and at right Saint Peter, Saint Francis and Saint Jerome. The panel comes from the convent of Marienwater at Koudewater near 's-H
This diptych, or two-panel painting, is hinged at the center so that it could be opened and closed and easily transported. It was clearly designed as an object for private devotion. The owner would have been able to contemplate the Passion of Christ and pray before these scenes. The top two images d
A triptych with the Adoration of the Magi on the central panel, where the kings kneel on either side of Mary and the Child. On the inside of the left wing the kneeling male donor appears with his six sons and Saint Jerome, with the family arms of Heereman, Vanolles, Zeller and Baerland above. On the
A triptych whose central panel shows Mary seated with the Christ Child on her lap in the walled garden of a castle. In the foreground two sibyls hold a book and a basket of flowers, three angels make music at the back left, and Joseph stands at the right. In the sky, God appears in a halo of light,
This and 1953.660.2 are believed to be the remaining components of a six-panel altarpiece. The large central panel is now preserved in Barcelona (Museu National d’Art de Catalunya). Ferrer collaborated with the painter Pere Garcia de Benavarri on this commission. Spanish works like these often featu
This diptych, or two-panel painting, is hinged at the center so that it could be opened and closed and easily transported. It was clearly designed as an object for private devotion. The owner would have been able to contemplate the Passion of Christ and pray before these scenes. The top two images d
The visual focus of this altarpiece is the suffering and death of Christ on the cross. So-called Passion cycles in art include the events leading up to and following the Crucifixion, not only as single subjects but as scenes meant to be read in sequence. Passion cycles were promoted by the two great
Two angels, barely visible against a dark background, crown Mary as the Queen of Heaven. Her slight features are made more substantial by her elaborately draped, brilliant crimson mantle. Holding the Christ child, she stands on a floor scattered with red and white roses, symbols of her purity. Green
The work features the crucifixion scene with Mary, John, and a clerical figure. It is part of the European Art collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, where it has been since 1979. The painting has changed hands several times, most notably when it was sold in Paris in 1954...
Bernat Martorell was the greatest painter of the first half of the fifteenth century in Catalonia in northeastern Spain. Depicted here is the most frequently represented episode from the popular legend of Saint George in which the model Christian knight saves a town and rescues a beautiful princess.
Rogier van der Weyden's Seven Sacraments Altarpiece is a monumental Late Gothic triptych that visually articulates the theological significance of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, with each sacrament depicted within a realistic church interior.
This Late Gothic painting depicts Saint George slaying the dragon, with the princess observing the heroic act and a fortified city in the background.
Details: The resurrected Christ rises triumphantly from an opened tomb, the wound on his side reminding us of his death by crucifixion three days prior. He wears a red cape, bears a banner with a white cross on a red field, and holds forth his right hand in blessing. An...
