TINTORETTO’S ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS AT SAN ROCCO
December 18th 2021
“Adoration of the Shepherds”, 1578/81, Tintoretto, Scoula Grande di San Rocco, Venice. Two women gaze upon the child from the opposite side of a hayloft. Mary raises a cloth so that they can see his face. Unusually for
CIMA’S ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, MADONNA DELL’ ORTO
December 11th 2021
St John the Baptist stands before us, surrounded by four other saints. He has the usual reed-like cross, but there is no lamb, nor is he baptising. He points upwards to the open sky above his head. This very
CRIVELLI’S SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
December 4th 2021
“St John the Baptist” from the Demidoff Altarpiece, Carlo Crivelli, 1476, National Gallery, London. Crivelli locates St John the Baptist by the water’s edge and us on the opposite bank. Behind him, the trees have been cut down but
