Murrillo’s Return of the Prodigal Son
March 29th 2025
“The Return of the Prodigal Son”, Esteban Murillo, 1667-70, National Gallery of Art Washington. This large canvas was one of a series painted for the Hospital de la Caridad in Seville to illustrate the seven works of mercy. This
Simone Martini’s Orsini Polyptych I
March 22nd 2025
“Angel Gabriel” and “The Virgin Annunciate” from the Orsini Polytypch, 1326-24, Simone Martini, Collection KMSKA, Flemish Community. Four panels of poplar wood, each about the size of an A4 page, all painted on both sides and hinged together so that
St Joseph and the Child Jesus by Juan Martínez Montañés
March 15th 2025
“Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus”, 1610 -20, Juan Martínez Montañés, Real parroquia de Santa María Magdalena, Sevilla. This St Joseph is young, good looking. At 5ft 7, the he sculpture is almost life size. His hair and his
THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST IN THE BOOK OF KELLS
March 8th 2025
“The Temptation of Jesus”, Book of Kells. folio 202v, late Eight Century Trinity College Dublin. Satisfactory images of Christ’s temptations are very few. How do you convincingly depict the devil? This illustration of Christ and the devil attempts to
ANDY WARHOL’S SOUP CANS
March 1st 2025
“32 Campbell’s Soup Cans” (detail) 1962, Andy Warhol, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York. What you see here is actually 32 hand painted and framed images of cans of Campbell’s soup. At the time the company sold 32
