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The context of this image is that Vittore Carpaccio reveals Saint Jerome next to a lion while others around him are scared and running away from him. The image is the second of seven total paintings that depict Saint Jerome and is part of the…

This huge painting was commissioned from Gentile Bellini in 1504 as a decoration for the Scuola Grande di San Marco's reception room, one of the city’s most prestigious and powerful confraternities [1]. However, this painting was left incomplete upon…

Paolo Veronese, or Paolo Caliari, painted the Adoration of the Kings, a piece that is also known as The Adoration of the Magi, in the early 1570s for the Scuola de San Giuseppe for the Church of San Silvestro [1]. In this piece, Veronese’s distinct…

Though the patron of this piece may be unknown, the moral lesson shown is clear, which is offered in the form of a story with Hercules at a crossroads. He must choose between Vice, the woman facing away from the viewer and clothed in bright fabrics,…

Jacopo Tintoretto is an important leading figure of the Venetian School and the Mannerist style. He studied at Italian painter Titian's studio and had greatly influenced by Titan's use of color.[1] The painting embodied his expressive dramatic…

The Death of Actaeon was a piece in a large mythological series created for King Phillip II, the son of King Charles and the king of Spain [1]. “Poesie”, the other name for this particular cycle, was painted by the world-renown painter Titian. [2]…

Paolo Veronese was a renaissance painter known primarily for his paintings relating to religion and mythology. His personality itself was very mysterious and little was known about him, due to few documentations of letters and personal life. [1]…

The Golden age is part of a cycle of three paintings in the Uffizi, including the other two representations of the Ages of Silver, and Iron. The cause or context the cycle of Zucchi was commissioned is not known based on the limited historic…

Miracle of the Slave depicts St Mark’s rescue of a slave suffering from the torment of his master. The slave came to worship the relics of St. Mark because of his faith. After being caught, his master condemned to make him blind and break his legs.…

The Origin of the Milky Way is one of four pieces created by Jacopo Tintoretto for the Holy Roman emperor circa 1577 to 1578. [1] Tintoretto utilizes his signature dramatized style to convey a sense of active dynamism in the mythological story…