Sunday, January 24, 2016

European religious paintings, 16th century

Andrea del Sarto
The Sacrifice of Isaac
ca. 1528
Prado

Bible stories as envisioned late in the Renaissance  when Mannerism was advancing with proud step toward the insistent emotionalism of Baroque.

Palma Giovane
David with the Head of Goliath
ca. 1590-95
Prado

Abraham Bloemaert
Moses Striking the Rock
1596
Metropolitan Museum of Art
 
Master of the Dinteville Allegory
Moses & Aaron before Pharaoh
1537
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jacopo Tintoretto
The Queen of Sheba before Solomon
1552-55
Prado

Jacopo Tintoretto
Esther before Ahasuerus
1552-55
Prado

Jacopo Tintoretto
Judith & Holofernes
ca. 1555
Prado

Jacopo Tintoretto
Judith & Holofernes
ca. 1577
Prado

Paolo Veronese
The Sacrifice of Isaac
ca. 1585-88
Prado

Paolo Veronese
The Finding of Moses
ca. 1580
Prado

Paolo Veronese
Susannah & the Elders
ca. 1580
Prado

Paolo Veronese
The Martyrdom and Last Communion of St Lucy
cq. 1582
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Paolo Veronese
St Jerome in the Wilderness
ca. 1580
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Paolo Veronese
Cain as a Fugitive with his Family
ca. 1585
Prado