Guido Reni’s Massacre of the Innocents: Beauty in Horror
Massacre of the Innocents is one of the most admired and most disturbing religious paintings of the Italian Baroque, made…
The Portinari Altarpiece: The Flemish Giant That Stunned Florence
The Portinari Altarpiece is the largest and most ambitious work by the Flemish master Hugo van der Goes, painted around…
Millais’ Christ in the House of His Parents: The Painting They Hated
Christ in the House of His Parents is one of the most famous and most controversial religious paintings of the…
Christ Crucified, Velazquez’s Quiet Masterpiece
Christ Crucified is the most famous religious painting in Spain, made by Diego Velazquez in 1632. It shows Christ alone…
Christ Mocked by Soldiers, Rouault’s Modern Passion
Christ Mocked by Soldiers is one of the great modern images of the Passion, painted by the French artist Georges…
Holman Hunt’s Shadow of Death: A Cross Before the Cross
The Shadow of Death is one of the most ingenious religious paintings of the Victorian age, made by William Holman…
The Raising of Lazarus, Rembrandt’s Drama of Light
The Raising of Lazarus is a dramatic early masterpiece by Rembrandt, painted around 1630 to 1632, when he was still…
Saint Serapion, Zurbaran’s Silent Sacrifice
Saint Serapion is one of the quietest and most powerful images of martyrdom in Western art, painted by the Spanish…
Masaccio’s Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden is one of the founding images of Renaissance painting, a fresco made by…
The Crucifixion by Fra Angelico, Silence at the Cross
The Crucifixion by Fra Angelico is a small, radiant panel from the dawn of the Italian Renaissance, painted around 1420…