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…
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,…