Saint Peter carries the keys to heaven & hell. Saint Dorothy wears a garland of flowers, including roses, & carries the same flowers in her basket, an allusion to the miraculous gift of fruit & flowers a child messenger brought to an unbeliever afte ...

This panel formed part of an altarpiece which had as its central panel a ' Virgin & Child Enthroned' (now in the church of the Filippini, Padua, though not painted for that church). The saints are identified both by the inscriptions beneath them & by t ...

These two saints come from a polyptych (altarpiece consisting of several panels) in the parish church of S. Giorgio in Porto San Giorgio. They were presumably on the left-hand side (they face right) of the bottom tier (on account of their size & angle o ...

The altarpiece is complete & was dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist. It came from the Camaldolese Nunnery of San Giovanni in Pratovecchio, Italy. In the pinnacles are the Archangel Gabriel, the Trinity & the Virgin Annunciate. On the left panel ar ...

The altarpiece is complete & was dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist. It came from the Camaldolese Nunnery of San Giovanni in Pratovecchio, Italy. In the pinnacles are the Archangel Gabriel, the Trinity & the Virgin Annunciate. On the left panel ar ...

The altarpiece was divided into several pieces, probably in the 18th century, & has now been reassembled. The fragments entered the Collection at different dates. The main panel shows the Trinity (NG 727); with an angel on the right (NG 3162); & an angel on the left (NG 3230); Saints Zeno & Jerome (NG 4428); Saints James the Great & Mamas (L15, on loan from Her Majesty The Queen). The altarpiece was commissioned in September 1455 by the Company of Priests of the Trinity in Pistoia; hence it represents the Trinity, &

Includes:: relevant saints. When Pesellino died in July 1457, the painting was finished by Fra Filippo Lippi, & delivered in June 1460. The predella shows Mamas in Prison thrown to the Lions (NG 4868.1); the Beheading of James the Great (NG 4868.2); Zeno exorcising the daughter of the Emperor Gallienus (NG 4868.3); & Jerome & the Lion (NG 4868.4). The predella was probably painted by Lippi & his workshop in Prato, between 1458 & 1460. A fifth predella panel showing the vision of Saint Augustine while pondering the mystery of the Trinity has recently been discovered in the Hermitage, St Petersburg.

...

Create your own bespoke print of John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral & Leadenhall from the River Avon from our collection. About this painting Salisbury Cathedral & Leadenhall from the River Avon, 1820 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1910 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. ...

The subject is taken from the New Testament (Mark 6: 22-9), & shows Salome with the head of Saint John the Baptist which she has been granted by Herod. The composition owes much to the inventions of Leonardo, & the strong chiaroscuro (the balance of li ...

Saint John the Baptist was beheaded at the request of Herodias, the wife of Herod, & his head presented to her daughter Salome on a charger. Salome then brought the head to her mother. New Testament (Matthew 14:1-12). There is another version of identica ...

Create your own bespoke print of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist from our collection. About this painting Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist, about 1609-10 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1970 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. ...