Christ Taking Leave of His Mother

Christ holding the cross was a motif that El Greco derived from the narrative of Christ’s Passion, creating an isolated image that seems to have been extremely popular with his cli...

The present canvas is signed and dated “Jusepe de Ribera español 1633” on the stone at the lower right corner, a formula used by the artist throughout the 1630s and to which on occ...

The present canvas is signed and dated “Jusepe de Ribera español 1633” on the stone at the lower right corner, a formula used by the artist throughout the 1630s and to which on occ...

It was Friedländer who established the artistic personality of this anonymous artist working in Delft, and attributed the first group of works to his name. Taking his reference poi...

The nineteenth century witnessed the evolution of the nuclear family unit—father, mother, and children—into a nexus of bourgeois social life throughout Europe and North America. In...

Angels hovering overhead or bringing food on dishes are a common feature of the subject of the rest (or repose) on the flight to Egypt, where Joseph took Jesus and his mother to es...

From his earliest years as a painter, Monet’s art was rooted in the direct and prolonged analysis of nature. Throughout his career, he grappled with the task of developing techniqu...