The painting is an accurate view of the nave & north aisle of the Oude Kerk taken from near the south entrance to the church. At the top of the central window is the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam: three white crosses of Saint Andrew on black ground flanked by red bands. The congregation sits around the pulpit which is attached to one of the columns in the centre of the nave, listening to a sermon. In accordance with Calvinist doctrine the interior of the church is white-washed & does not contain any religious imagery. ...
These four pictures are from a series illustrating stories from ancient Roman history. They show (top to bottom): ' The Attack on Cartagena'; ' The Continence of Scipio'; ' The Rape of the Sabines'; & ' The Intervention of the Sabine Women'. Two other pictur ...
Originally a predella panel (now transferred to canvas) to one side of ' The Institution of the Eucharist' (also in the Collection). Moses, depicted to the left with Aaron, instructs the starving Israelites to gather the small pellets of bread (manna) which fell from heaven. ...
Apollo & Pan had a musical contest. Midas chose Pan as the victor, & Apollo punished Midas by giving him ass's ears. Midas stands between Apollo who is seated with his lyre on the right, & Pan with his pipes to the left. The subject derives from Ovid ...
Paris, seated with his back to the viewer, gives the prize of a golden apple to Venus, the central standing goddess, whom he judged to be the most beautiful of the three. To the left stands Juno who is angered by the choice, & to the right, turned away, ...
The Emperor Trajan was persuaded to postpone affairs of state, & render justice to a widow for her dead child. The story is taken from Dante's ' Purgatorio' X:76 ff. This panel & ' Trajan & the Widow I' are presumably from a cassone, & are probably of the late 15th century. For other Veronese paintings of this type also with subjects from Roman history see Domenico Morone. ...
Cycles of the Labours (or Occupations) of the Months were popular in medieval art & reappeared in northern Italy in the 16th century. The six pictures here represent: January - a man warming himself by the stove; February - a man making stakes; March - ...
Cycles of the Labours (or Occupations) of the months were popular in medieval art & reappeared in northern Italy in the 16th century. The six pictures here represent: July - a man threshing grain; August - a man resting in the shade of a tree; September ...
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The subject derives from Homer's 'Iliad' (XXIV, 25-30). Jupiter sent Eris, the personification of strife, to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis and she provoked a quarrel between Juno, Minerva and Venus as to who was the most beautiful. Mercury brought the
The subject derives from Homer's ' Iliad' (XXIV, 25-30). Jupiter sent Eris, the personification of strife, to the wedding of Peleus & Thetis & she provoked a quarrel between Juno, Minerva & Venus as to who was the most beautiful. Mercury brought the
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Mercury - A small planet 46.8 -69.4 million kilometres from the sun. It is the closest planet to the sun.
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