The bull-fighter salutes the crowd after having killed the bull. This may be a depiction of the bull-ring in Madrid, & the figure could be a portrait. It is one of a small number of scenes of this type executed by the artist & probably originates from ...

Create your own bespoke print of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Burlington House Cartoon from our collection. About this painting The Burlington House Cartoon, 1499-1500 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1962 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. ...

This is one of seven illustrations of the story of Jason from Ovid's ' Metamorphoses' (Book VII), made by Detroy as a series of sketches for cartoons for the Gobelins tapestry works in Paris. This sketch was finished by February 1743. The Gallery has anoth ...

Create your own bespoke print of Jan Beerstraaten’s The Castle of Muiden in Winter from our collection. About this painting The Castle of Muiden in Winter, 1658 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1890 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 serpent biting its tail symbolises Eternity. The crowned figure of Janus holds the fleece from which the Three Fates draw out the thread of life. The hooded figure is Demagorgon who receives gifts from Nature, from whose breasts pours forth milk. Seated at the entrance to the cave is the winged figure of Chronos, who represents Time. This painting is one of a group of 10 'modelli', or elaborated oil studies, made in preparation for the fresco projects that Giordano created for the Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence. This painting is connected with the ceiling of the Galleria. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Georges Seurat’s The Channel of Gravelines, Grand Fort-Philippe from our collection. About this painting The Channel of Gravelines, Grand Fort-Philippe, 1890 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1995 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 story depicted in the panel is that of the 4th-century saint, Nicholas of Myra. Under cover of darkness, Saint Nicholas throws three purses of gold through the window of the house of an impoverished nobleman who was faced with the prospect of selling ...

The donor, Tommaso Raimondi (died 1510), was a jurist & a poet. He is seen on the right of the painting, opposite his wife, Doralice Cambiago, on whose clothing the letter 'D' is embroidered. The kneeling boy may be their son Marco. Two other figures ma ...

The picture was probably completed in 1491 as the altarpiece for the Chapel of the Circumcision belonging to the Confraternity of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in the Church of San Francesco, Volterra. The Virgin, Saint Joseph (with a staff) & Saint Simeon are distinguished by haloes. Simeon is depicted raising his hands in which he has just held Christ & thanking God for letting him see the Redeemer. The Naming of Jesus, his Presentation & Circumcision occur together in the Gospel of Saint Luke (2: 21-36)
- hence the choice of this subject by the Confraternity. The circular reliefs in the spandrels of the arch represent a prophet & a sibyl who foretold Christ's coming. Vasari mentions that the painting was damaged by damp & that the Child was repainted by Sodoma. The explicit representation of the circumcision may have also been the real reason for Sodoma's revision.
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The New Testament relates how after his birth, Jesus was circumcised according to Jewish tradition (Luke 2: 21). The black background seems to be original. Paintings of this subject were highly popular in Venice in the late 15th & early 16th century; this composition was extremely popular & was much copied & adapted. ...