In the Trinity (top right), the four creatures with the heads of an eagle, man, ox & lion symbolise, respectively, the four Evangelists: John, Matthew, Luke & Mark. The ' Crucifixion' contains many of the incidents found in the nearly contemporary vers ...

The sitter was Ellen Odette Bischoffsheim (1857
- 1933). She married the 4th Earl of Desart in 1881 as his second wife, & from
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Create your own bespoke print of Pieter de Hooch’s The Courtyard of a House in Delft from our collection. About this painting The Courtyard of a House in Delft, 1658 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1871 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger’s The Courtyard of a Renaissance Palace from our collection. About this painting A Man kneels before a Woman in the Courtyard of a Renaissance Palace, 1610 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1837 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

An illustration of one of the parables of Jesus about coveting too much wealth. An already rich man became richer & instead of using any of his goods for religious or charitable works, he built larger warehouses & gloated over his stored-up wealth. But God said to him ' Fool! This night your soul is required of you: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, & is not rich toward God' (Luke 12). ...

At the centre Christ is on the cross. On the left are the Magdalen & the Virgin supported by two Holy Women. On the right are Saint John & a figure with a scalloped halo who may be Saint Anne. The tracery & ornament around the picture are original.R ...

The Virgin & Saint John the Evangelist mourn, & Saint Mary Magdalene clutches the foot of the cross, the other two Maries stand behind her. Joseph of Arimathaea & Nicodemus appear in the background on the left with a ladder to take down the body of C ...

Inscribed on the Virgin's robe, near her brow: stabat matre. On her hem a contraction of verse 3 in the Roman Missal: Quis est homo, qui non fleret/ Matrem Christi si videret/ In tanto supplicio? This is the centre panel of a triptych painted for the church of St Columba, Cologne. The wings are in Liverpool (Walker Art Gallery), & show Christ before Pilate & The Deposition. When closed the triptych shows two donors kneeling on the right, observing the Mass of Saint Gregory, on the left. Coats of arms identify the donors as Hermann Rinck (Mayor of Cologne in 1480 & 1488, died 1496) & his wife Gertrud von Dallem. ...

On Christ's right is the good thief with a polygonal halo; angels carry his soul to heaven. On his left is the bad thief whose pink flesh colour shows he is still alive. His legs are being broken & devils hold a brazier with burning coals over his head. Below, on the left, soldiers cast lots for Christ's garment. On the right are Roman soldiers with scribes & Pharisees. The centurion who recognised Christ as the Son of God is seated on a brown horse. One man holds the sponge of vinegar, which Christ was offered to quench his thirst. In the frame on the left of the Crucifixion are Saint John the Baptist & Saint Paul; on the right Saint James the Greater & Saint Bartholomew. The predella, the lower part of the altarpiece, depicts from left to right, a female saint, Saint Bernard with a book, the Virgin & Child, a monk saint (probably Anthony Abbot), & Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Probably painted about 1368, ' The Crucifixion' appears to be the work of at least two artists, the softer style being that of the Florentine artist Jacopo di Cione, which can also be seen in ' The Coronation of the Virgin'. ...

It is not known from which altarpiece this predella panel comes. The predella is the lower section of an altarpiece & it would have been made up from several panels. Other panels from the same series are ' The Last Supper' (Edinburgh) & ' The Resurrection' (Frick Collection, New York). Two other panels have been discussed in relation to this series: a ' Flagellation' (now in a private collection) & a ' Capture of Christ' (now lost). ...