Masterpieces

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter - Caravaggio, c. 1601

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter - Caravaggio, c....

The Crucifixion of Saint PeterMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1601Oil on canvas | Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome In Caravaggio’s Crucifixion of Saint Peter, the sacred and the brutal...

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter - Caravaggio, c....

The Crucifixion of Saint PeterMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1601Oil on canvas | Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome In Caravaggio’s Crucifixion of Saint Peter, the sacred and the brutal...

The Annunciation - Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1434–1435

The Annunciation - Rogier van der Weyden, c. 14...

The Annunciation c. 1434–1435Oil on oak panel, 86 × 92 cmCentral panel: Musée du Louvre, ParisAttributed to the workshop of Rogier van der Weyden Before the age of photography, it...

The Annunciation - Rogier van der Weyden, c. 14...

The Annunciation c. 1434–1435Oil on oak panel, 86 × 92 cmCentral panel: Musée du Louvre, ParisAttributed to the workshop of Rogier van der Weyden Before the age of photography, it...

St William of Aquitaine Receiving the Cowl Guercino, 1620

St William of Aquitaine Receiving the Cowl Guer...

St William of Aquitaine Receiving the CowlGuercino, 1620Oil on canvas, 349 × 231 cmPinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna A dazzling burst of Baroque drama, St William of Aquitaine Receiving the Cowl was...

St William of Aquitaine Receiving the Cowl Guer...

St William of Aquitaine Receiving the CowlGuercino, 1620Oil on canvas, 349 × 231 cmPinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna A dazzling burst of Baroque drama, St William of Aquitaine Receiving the Cowl was...

The Cardsharps Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, c. 1594

The Cardsharps Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggi...

The CardsharpsMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, c. 1594 | Oil on canvas | Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth With The Cardsharps, a young Caravaggio didn’t just paint a scene—he staged a...

The Cardsharps Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggi...

The CardsharpsMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, c. 1594 | Oil on canvas | Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth With The Cardsharps, a young Caravaggio didn’t just paint a scene—he staged a...

Venus Disarming Cupid - Paolo Veronese, c. 1555

Venus Disarming Cupid - Paolo Veronese, c. 1555

Venus Disarming CupidPaolo Veronese, c. 1555 | Oil on Canvas | Worcester Art Museum Lustrous and layered, Venus Disarming Cupid is Paolo Veronese’s lush meditation on love—its delight, its danger,...

Venus Disarming Cupid - Paolo Veronese, c. 1555

Venus Disarming CupidPaolo Veronese, c. 1555 | Oil on Canvas | Worcester Art Museum Lustrous and layered, Venus Disarming Cupid is Paolo Veronese’s lush meditation on love—its delight, its danger,...

Nicolas Poussin – The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite

Nicolas Poussin – The Triumph of Neptune and Am...

Nicolas Poussin – The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite c. 1635–36 | Philadelphia Museum of ArtOil on canvas, 114.4 × 146.6 cm Myth and motion converge in this luminous seascape...

Nicolas Poussin – The Triumph of Neptune and Am...

Nicolas Poussin – The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite c. 1635–36 | Philadelphia Museum of ArtOil on canvas, 114.4 × 146.6 cm Myth and motion converge in this luminous seascape...