Rogier van der Weyden: The Descent from the Cross

See More Rogier van der Weyden At Sunnyside Museo del Prado Art Timeline Early Netherlandish Painting on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art Read More The Descent From the Cross at wikiwand Credit Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, “Rogier van der Weyden, The Descent from the Cross,” in Smarthistory, April 3, 2025,…

Peter Paul Rubens: Annunciation (Study)

“Combining the freshness of drawing with the material robustness of painting, the oil sketch offers a glimpse of Rubens’ artistic invention, while also serving a functional role for him. Undiluted by workshop intervention, the intimately-scaled work conveys the same sense of grandeur and baroque drama as the monumental altarpiece, which measures almost ten feet high.4 Rendered…

Rediscovered: The Madonna of the Cherries

Read More Quentin Metsys’s masterpiece, The Madonna of the Cherries Quentin Metsys at wikiwand See More Quentin Metsys at Christie’s Happy Sunday ✝️ ~Sunnyside

Peter Paul Rubens: Portrait of a Man as Mars

“Painted in Antwerp around 1620 when the Flemish artist was at the height of his creative powers, Portrait of a Man as Mars blends the genres of portraiture, allegory, and mythology. Rubens depicts the armor-clad figure wearing an all’antica helmet once owned by the artist himself. Imbued with a magnetic virility, the man conveys the…

Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Peasant Wedding (1567)

Read More The Peasant Wedding at wikiwand The Peasant Wedding at Google Arts and Culture If, like me, you can’t keep all these Brueghels straight, go to Brueghel Family Tree Thanks for Visiting 🙂 ~Sunnyside

Hugo van der Goes: Death of the Virgin (c1475)

“On the bed lies the pale-white Virgin, clad in a blue cloak. Her hands are folded in her lap. A group of apostles gather in a circular arrangement around the deathbed. This group of saints shows great soulfulness, despair and human fear. At the top, Christ appears in a halo among hovering angels to take…