Van der Weyden’s Descent from the Cross, Grief That Mirrors Mary
The Descent from the Cross is one of the most moving images of grief in all of Western art, painted…
Duccio’s Maesta: Siena’s Golden Altarpiece
Duccio’s Maesta is the supreme masterpiece of the Sienese school and one of the great altarpieces of the Middle Ages,…
El Greco’s Christ Carrying the Cross: A Gaze to Heaven
Christ Carrying the Cross is one of the most tender and inward images of the Passion, painted by El Greco…
Alonso Cano, the Spanish Michelangelo of Paintings
Alonso Cano paintings carry the silvery hush of Granada and the quiet devotion that earned him the nickname of the Spanish Michelangelo.
The Last Bruges Paintings of Gerard David
Gerard David paintings close the great age of Bruges. Step into the silvery Madonnas and altarpieces of the last early Netherlandish master.
The Strange Religious Paintings of Hans Baldung
Hans Baldung paintings carry the Dürer line into a stranger, more visionary world. Step inside the altarpieces of the German Renaissance master of Strasbourg.
The Catholic Paintings of Hans Holbein the Younger
Hans Holbein the Younger paintings hide a deep Catholic faith behind the famous court portraits. Step into the German master’s sacred panels of Basel.
The Late Gothic Religious Paintings of Hans Multscher
Hans Multscher paintings show late Gothic Swabia absorbing the new Flemish realism. Step into the Wurzach Altarpiece of the great Ulm master.
Hugo van der Goes Paintings of Quiet Northern Sorrow
Hugo van der Goes paintings carry the deepest emotional intensity of the early Netherlandish school. Step into the altarpieces of the great Ghent master.
The Sacred Paintings of Jan van Eyck and the Birth of Oil
Jan van Eyck paintings invented the entire Western language of oil painting. Step into the Madonnas, Crucifixions, and the Ghent Altarpiece of the founding Flemish master.