The Burial of the Count of Orgaz: El Greco’s Hidden Signature
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz is the most famous painting by El Greco, the Cretan-born master who made…
Adoration of the Shepherds in 10 Luminous Paintings
The Adoration of the Shepherds is the moment in Saint Luke’s Gospel when the first visitors reach the newborn Christ….
Anima Christi Prayer: Words, Meaning, and the Story Behind It
Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Few Catholic prayers are said by so many people, so quietly, and so often without…
15 Spanish Saints and the Painters Who Gave Them Their Faces
Spain has given the Church more canonised saints than almost any other nation, and it did something rarer still: it…
John of the Cross: The Poet Who Wrote His Masterpiece in a Prison Cell
On the night of 2 December 1577 a group of Carmelite friars broke into a small house in Avila and…
El Greco’s Disrobing of Christ, Espolio: The Red Robe of Christ
The Disrobing of Christ, known in Spanish as El Espolio, is one of the great masterpieces of El Greco, painted between…
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…
El Greco Paintings: 15 Famous Works That Still Feel Otherworldly
El Greco paintings still feel otherworldly four centuries later. Step into the elongated Christs and saints of his mystical Toledo.
15 Famous Mary Magdalene Paintings of Repentance and Grace
No subject has inspired more Mary Magdalene paintings across the history of art than the moment between sin and salvation,…
The Assumption of the Virgin Paintings: 10 Masterpieces You Need to Know
Assumption of the Virgin paintings hold a singular place in Christian art. Few subjects called on painters to reach higher,…