Friday, August 30, 2024

Depicted Confrontations - III

Mariotto Albertinelli
Sacrifices of Abel and of Cain
ca. 1510
oil on panel
(predella fragment)
Harvard Art Museums

Guido Reni
Cain slaying Abel
ca. 1617-20
oil on canvas
Galleria Sabauda, Turin

Artemisia Gentileschi
Judith beheading Holofernes
ca. 1620
oil on canvas
Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence

Filippo Vitale
Judith and Holofernes
ca. 1635
oil on canvas
Musée Fabre, Montpellier

attributed to Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
ca. 1670
oil on canvas
Princeton University Art Museum

Francesco Providoni
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
ca. 1685-95
oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Lambert Jacobsz
Elisha refusing Naaman's Gifts
ca. 1628-33
oil on canvas
Leiden Collection, New York

Gaspare Diziani
Moses transforming the Rod of Aaron into a Serpent
ca. 1740
oil on canvas
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
Sacrifice of Abraham
ca. 1755-60
oil on canvas
(study for mezzotint)
Deutsche Barockgalerie, Augsburg

Simone Brentana
David cutting a piece from Saul's robe
ca. 1710-15
oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Cesare Beseghi
The Anger of Saul
1844
oil on canvas
Galleria Nazionale di Parma

Simon Vouet
Martha rebuking Mary
ca. 1621
oil on canvas
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Odilon Redon
Christ and the Samaritan Woman
(The White Flower Bouquet)
ca. 1895
oil on canvas
Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Matthias Stom
The Taking of Christ
ca. 1630-32
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi)
Noli me tangere
ca. 1525-30
oil on panel
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Giacinto Brandi
Conversion of St Paul
ca. 1660
drawing
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna

from Parnell's Funeral

Rich foliage that the starlight glittered through, 
A frenzied crowd, and where the branches sprang
A beautiful seated boy; a sacred bow;
A woman, and an arrow on a string;
A pierced boy, image of a star laid low.
That woman, the Great Mother imaging,
Cut out his heart. Some master of design
Stamped boy and tree upon Sicilian coin.

– W.B. Yeats (1935)