The painting may be identifiable with a work of the same subject ... in the upper register of the altarpiece of the Church of the Assumption in Alacuás.2 1. See M.A. de Orellana, Biografiá Pictórica, ...

Nothing could be a more natural subject during the Renaissance than the Nativity ... altarpiece by Holbein the Elder (see overleaf) barkens back to the medieval tradition that aimed at letting art ...

Thought to be one of the first works of art made with oil paint, the Flemish brothers Jan Van Eyck and Hubert Van Eyck created the Ghent Altarpiece ... surrounded by angels, prophets, and a ...

The Ghent Altarpiece ... Belgium. The painting depicts the saga of Christianity: the panels portray Adam and Eve, singing angels, the Virgin Mary enthroned, the Annunciation, and the symbolic ...

A new restoration of Piero della Francesca’s wondrous Nativity ... is not a small altarpiece as was once assumed. Documents of 1500, 1514 and 1515 reveal that this sizeable painting (124.4cm ...

The restoration of a prized 15th Century painting has revealed the "human-like face of a lamb", surprising art critics and spurring debate. The Ghent Altarpiece, completed by Hubert and Jan Van ...

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art recently acquired its first multi-panel altarpiece, a triptych created in the workshop of the Antwerp artist Jan de Beer around 1518–1519. While many viewers here in ...

He stayed on the island for around a year, sleeping fitfully with a dagger by his side, and painting several late masterpieces, including the Nativity with San Lorenzo and San Francesco.

The National Gallery is celebrating its bicentenary with the acquisition of a most mysterious painting, an altarpiece with ... Louis and Margaret and Two Angels was bought for just over $20m ...

Jan Van Eyck completed the Ghent Altarpiece ... painting the altar stands in a verdant meadow studded with groves and wildflowers. An adoring multitude converge from all directions: kneeling ...

A view of Italian artist Piero della Francesca's paintings during ... indicating angels. The wings, Israels said, would have been scraped off when the altarpiece was disassembled, the wing ...