Must-see paintings and sculptures
Simon Vouet’s Buona Ventura – the lamentable effects of palm reading
Caravaggio’s Young Sick Bacchus – an artist in the guise or perhaps something much more?
Raphael’s Woman with a Unicorn - an image of a virgin marked by virtue
Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath – a victor filled with sorrow
Simon Vouet’s Herodias with the Head of St. John the Baptist – femme fatale of the Baroque
Bronzino’s John the Baptist – between cold eroticism and refined devotion
Caravaggio’s St. John the Baptist – a work of art, sacrilege, or child pornography?
Van Honthorst’s The Concert – singing together or perhaps a peregrination of the prodigal son?
Raphael’s Fornarina – a mysterious love interest or perhaps…
Domenichino’s The Hunt of Diana – a painting about spying and its unfortunate results
Caravaggio’s Madonna of Loreto - the sanctity of dirty, coarse feet
Carlo Saraceni’s Madonna and Child with St. Anne – an everyday life scene and… a dove
Giovanni Lanfranco’s Apparition of the Virgin to St. Lawrence – a thematic painting yet not bereft of artistry
Bronzino’s Madonna with Child, St. John the Baptist and St. Anne – meaning a song of love sentenced to suffering
Caravaggio’s Madonna and Child with St. Anne – a work despite and against itself
Caravaggio’s The Martyrdom of St. Matthew – death among onlookers and terrified passersby
Caravaggio’s The Crucifixion of St. Peter – a painting on the banality of evil
Giovanni Baglioni’s Heavenly Love and Earthly Love – a virtue in the struggle against sin
Caravaggio’s Narcissus at the Source – a tragedy of unfulfilled love, or perhaps a story about the essence of art
Caravaggio’s Conversion of St. Paul – meaning how Saul became Paul
The Incredulity of St. Thomas– and how strong is your faith?
Domenichino’s The Last Communion of St. Jerome – a work about the superiority of communion under one kind
Guercino’s The Funeral of St. Petronilla – a difficult topic, masterfully solved
Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X – a real, perceptive and effective portrait
Portrait of Pope Clement IX – a subtle image of a delicate pontifex
Bronzino’s Portrait of Stefano Colonna – a picture-perfect condottiero
Pietro da Cortona’s Rape of the Sabine Women – all is well that ends well
Caravaggio’s The Calling of St. Matthew – how a sinner becomes the chosen of God
Carlo Saraceni’s Transitus Mariae – meaning how the Discalced Carmelites co-created the image of the Most Holy Virgin
The Transfiguration – the most divine of all Raphael’s works
Van Honthorst’s The Beheading of St. John the Baptist – a work immersed in darkness
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Saint Cecilia Playing the Lute – an autoportrait in the guise of a saint
Carlo Saraceni’s St. Cecilia with an Angel - two musicians
The Holy Family with St. Elizabeth, the Young St. John the Baptist, and an Angel – a family meeting with an angel in the background
Caravaggio’s Saint Jerome – the Doctor of the Church as a weapon in the struggle against heretics
Guido Reni’s Crucifixion of St. Peter – meaning a reason for a duel
Giovanni Lanfranco’s Venus Playing the Harp – a tribute to music or perhaps to love?
Bronzino’s Venus, Cupid, and Satyr – a sublime allegory or a courtly jest?
Caravaggio’s Fortune Teller – a painting about the dangers of life and the illusion of art
Caravaggio’s The Entombment of Christ – a perfect work
Dirck van Baburen’s The Entombment of Christ – catching up with Caravaggio
Raphael’s The Deposition – a painting of suffering, the fragility of life and an unforgettable loss
Antoniazzo Romano’s Annunciation – meaning, how the Virgin Mary can miss the most important moment of her life
Sleeping Hermaphrodite – the ever-present third gender
The figure of the Hermaphrodite stimulated the imagination of the people of Antiquity in a particular way. A being of two genders – both female and male – seemed privileged exceptional, and completely ideal, however, it also aroused ambivalent feelings and suspicion. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that a figure with male genitalia and female breasts garnered a lot of attention both in literature as well as in the visual arts. When it comes to the latter, the favored topic (although not the only one), was a sleeping Hermaphrodite. This is how he is depicted, stretched on b...
See moreSimon Vouet’s Herodias with the Head of St. John the Baptist – femme fatale of the Baroque
Femme fatale is associated with painting and literature of the XIX century – with women who devoured the hearts of men, cold-blooded demons of sex who with premeditation led men to their downfall. However, beautiful, erotic, attractive, but at the same time ruthless and sophisticated women have always fascinated artists. We can find them in ancient literature and mythology, as well as in the Old and New Testaments. We can also see them in the painting creations of Caravaggio and his successors because it was exactly in the XVII century when Salome, Judith, and Herodias became fashionable...
See moreSpada Chapel – ancestors, meaning capital which cannot be underestimated
Numerous posthumous chapels, which we can see during a pilgrimage through Roman churches are generally filled with decorations and works of art. They arouse our respect, and approval, and let our thoughts linger on the grandeur and significance of the family, but above all their sense of art. It is quite seldom that we think about them in purely practical categories, not to say mercantile. It is a rare situation indeed that we can say that the main motive of their creation was not only the desire to immortalize one’s fame, but also the prestige of future, yet unborn successors of the fam...
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