January 19, 2007

Three by Raphael

You can't go wrong with Raphael.  These three works are at the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh --

Holy Family with a Palm Tree, 1506
Holy Family meeting the Infant St. John, ca. 1516
Virgin and Child (the Bridgewater Madonna)

April 28, 2006

Religious art (Fitzwilliam)

There are thirty-eight works of religious art on this one page at the site of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England.  I recommend them for a brief respite of happy browsing.   

December 09, 2005

Annunciation Triptych

Annunciation Triptych, ca. 1425, by Robert Campin and assistant. 

This work is also known as the Merode Altarpiece, by the Master of Flemalle.