The Holy Family, Joos van Cleve (1485-1540), mixed technique on wood, circa
1515, no. 556; 53 x 40 cm., gift of Graf Lamberg 1822 ©Gemäldegalerie der
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien (Vienna, Austria) |
Four Figures on a Step, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), oil on
canvas, Spanish, c. 1655-60, 109.9 x 143.5cm, Copyright ©2005 by Kimbell Art
Museum, Fort Worth, Texas |
Total Altarpiece, Retabel, carved out of lindenwood, anonymous, Market
Church of St. George, 1480, owned by the congregation:
Evangelisch-Lutherische Marktkirchengemeinde, Photo Jutta Brudern,
Braunschweig (The man with the spectacles is Jacob from the Old Testament,
where he flees from his brother. At night he dreams of a ladder. Angels are
climbing up and down and God speaks to him. Genesis 28, 10-15. Look at Jacob
and you will find that his eyes are closed, so the glasses are a symbol that
he can see in his sleep) |
The blood-relationship (consanguinity) of St. Anna, Westfalen, 15th century,
Basilica of Saint Servatius, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Loan R.B.K. No NK
1793.
(Move your mouse over the left and then the right for two different detail
images) |
Mercurius, from Astrological treatises, original
in Arabic by Ab-u Ma’shar, d.886, translated into Latin by Georgius
Fenduli, Flemish, Bruges, Belgium, before 1403, M. 785, f. 47, Pierpont
Morgan Library, NY |
