Ludolf Backhuysen, Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1695)

This panel depicting The Risen Christ was formerly in the collection of the Pusterla della Porta family in Milan, where it is recorded from 1590 until the first quarter of the 20th...

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 meeting between Christ and the woman of Samaria at the well is only recounted in the Gospel of Saint John. Christ, travelling to Galilee, reached the Samarian city of Sychar. W...

Backhuysen, Ludolf. Sea piece. Oil on oak wood; 31 5 x 39.5 cm. Section. private ownership...

Backhuysen, Ludolf. Sea piece. Oil on oak wood; 31.5 x 39.5 cm. Section. private ownership...

Jan Brueghel belonged to a dynasty of painters whose first outstanding member was Pieter Bruegel, Jan’s father, who died when he was a child. According to Karel van Mander, Jan tra...

This small panel of the Virgin and Child belonged to Frederick II of Prussia. It was in the Rohoncz collection by 1930, the date when it was included in the exhibition held at the ...