This painting is painted by Antonello da Messina depicting a scene of Saint Jerome in his study space by offering a scope into the saint’s living space as we are looking into a doll’s house. St. Jerome was born in the fourth century, he is known for…
This oil on panel painting was one of Giovanni Bellini’s earlier works. The dating of this painting as 1505, indicated by the inscription in the bottom left corner of the painting, is puzzling to many art historians as the style of this painting was…
Painted by Giovanni Bellini in 1505, and currently located in the National Gallery of Art, this painting depicts Saint Jerome reading in the desert, and is believed to be an affirmation of Bellini's religious devotion. Saint Jerome Reading is…
This painting was commissioned to Titian in 1544 for the new albergo (board room). This one of the wealthiest religious confraternities in Venice, stated in the National Gallery of Art article. This painting was one of four original scuole grandi.…
This church was constructed between 1638 and 1641 in Rome, Italy. The architect, Francesco Borromini, is known as the Father of Baroque architecture, with the San Carlo being his first solo work. The site on which the church is built on was cramped…
This painting is eight of nine paintings of Carpaccio's St. Ursula collection that depicts scenes from St. Ursula's life. Carpaccio, most likely a student of Gentile Bellini, formed his own unique style of story telling through narrative…
The Martyrdom of the Pilgrims and the Funeral of Saint Ursula was a single painting in a cycle created by the Vittore Carpaccio for the Scuole Piccola [1] and commissioned by the Loredan family [2]. The cycle narrates the life, marriage, and…
The Dream of St. Ursula is a single painting in Vittore Carpaccio’s series called the St. Ursula Cycle. Carpaccio was a Venetian native who most likely learned under Gentile Bellini who heavily influenced the way he created works for various scuole,…
In this painting Carpaccio depicts a ruthless dragon and the attempt to fend it off. The threat of the creature is underscored by the grisly half-eaten torsos, one of a nude man whose genitals are mostly left, and one of a still-collared woman,…
The painting shows the first of the three episodes dedicated to St. George's life: the other two are the Triumph of St. George and the Baptism of the Selenites. The works date to Carpaccio's mature period when he was commissioned by the "Scuola"…