Caravaggio’s Entombment of Christ
March 9th 2024
“The Entombment of Christ”, Caravaggio, 1602/3, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome. (originally in Chiesa Nuova, where there is good replica in situ) Nicodemus stares out at us as he and St John lower the dead body of Christ into the tomb. Everything
Stanley Spencer’s Christ in the Wilderness
February 17th 2024
“Christ in the Wilderness -The Hen”, Stanley Spencer c. 1954, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. Stanley Spencer spent the winter of 1938/39 living alone in a room in 188 Adelaide Road near Swiss Cottage in London. There he
Ghirlandaio’s Vocation of the Apostle’s from the Sistine Chapel
January 19th 2024
Vocation of the Apostles”, Domenico Ghirlandaio, c. 1481, North Wall, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.
Bellin’s Madonna and Child with John the Baptist and a female Saint
January 13th 2024
“The Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and a Female Saint in a Landscape”, Giovanni Bellini, c.1501, Gallerie dell’ Accademia, Venice. For comment see this week’s newsletter.
Piero’s Baptism of Christ
December 16th 2023
“The Baptism of Christ”, Piero della Francesca, 1442-5, National Gallery, London. One way to see this painting is as a meditation on the line from John’s Prologue which we read today: “The true light that enlightens every man was
Morris Meredith Williams’ Bridge at Wasnes
November 11th 2023
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EL GRECO’S ST MARTIN AND THE BEGGAR
November 4th 2023
“St Martin and the Beggar”, El Greco, 1597-99, National Gallery of Art, Washington. For a comment on this painting see this week’s newsletter.
El Greco’s Burial of the Count of Orgaz
October 28th 2023
“The Burial of the Count Of Orgaz”, El Greco, 1588, Church of San Tomé, Toledo. For comment see this week’s newsletter.
Guercino’s St Luke Displaying a painting of the Virgin
October 14th 2023
“Saint Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin”, Guercino, 1652-53, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. For comment, see this week’s newsletter.
Caravaggio’s Madonna of the Rosary
September 30th 2023
“Madonna of the Rosary”, Caravaggio, 1604/05 (?), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie, Vienna. For a comment on this painting, see this week’s newsletter.
