The painting shows clergymen gathering children at a church door. The priest in the foreground has a tag inscribed with the word ' Hane' pinned to his back. This is a childish misspelling for 'ane', French for 'ass'. Charlet was best known as a lithographe ...

Enjoy this sparkling collection of famous children’s classics, especially chosen to help introduce children to classical music & the instruments of the orchestra. Track Listing Carnival of the Animals – Camille Saint-Saên Introduction & Royal March of the Lion Cocks & Hens Wild Asses The Tortoise Elephants Kangaroos The Aquarium People with Long Ears The Cuckoo in the Wood The Aviary Pianists Fossils The Swan Finale Peter & the Wolf – Sergey Prokofiev The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra – Benjamin Britten Theme Woodwind Variations Strings Variations Brass Variations Percussion Variations Fugue The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Paul Dukas ...

Christ is shown holding an orb as ruler of the world. In the companion picture the Virgin is shown at prayer. They are posed in this fashion in other pictures which show them in heaven. Many versions of these pictures exist, indicating that they were popu ...

This is a copy of the central figure of Luini's ' Christ Among the Doctors'. It does not seem to be contemporary, but Luini's work was copied with veneration for a century or more after his death. ...

Having been taken to the Temple at the age of 12, the child Jesus was discovered a few days later debating learnedly with the scholarly theologians there (Luke 2:41). The picture is sometimes thought to be the adult Christ disputing with the Pharisees, on the grounds that his age seems to be more than 12 years. It was formerly ascribed to Leonardo, & may derive from an original design by him. It is known in numerous versions, some of a quality comparable to this, & the composition was enormously famous. ...

The saints can be mostly identified from their attributes. They are, from left to right: John the Baptist, a Bishop Saint with a book, Saint Lawrence (with his gridiron); Saint Catherine of Alexandria (identified by her wheel), possibly Saint Clare (?) & Saint Lucy. ...

The subject of this painting is taken from the New Testament (John 8: 3-12). When asked by the scribes & Pharisees to condone the stoning of a woman taken in adultery (in accordance with the Law of Moses) Christ is said to have 'stooped down, & with h ...

Anthony Abbot was a 3rd-century saint who retired to the desert, where he was frequently tempted by the Devil. In this depiction he receives a vision of Christ during his torment. The painting is considered to date from the early part of Annibale's activity in Rome & shows the influence of both Northern Italian models, like Correggio's figures in the cupola of S. Giovanni Evangelista in Parma, & Roman ones. The pose of Saint Anthony recalls Michelangelo's Adam on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. ...

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Christ appears to the Virgin Mary after the Resurrection & displays his wounds. An angel seated on Christ's empty tomb & two sleeping soldiers can be seen through the window in the left background; through the window on the right the three Holy Women who found the tomb empty on the morning after the Resurrection (Mark 16: 1-5) are shown making their way towards it. Christ's appearance to his mother is not described in the Bible, but is found in later writings such as ' The Golden Legend'. The composition is adapted from the right wing of van der Weyden's ' Miraflores Altarpiece' in Berlin. This may also have been the wing of a triptych (the other elements of which have not been identified). ...