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| The Meditation on the Passion, ca. 1490, oil and tempera on wood, Vittore Carpaccio |
Thought I’d share a few bonus pics from our visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan on Sunday, the Feast of La Sacra Famiglia. More art from the day is linked here.
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| (L) Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428-1501), ca. 1470, oil on panel, Hans Memling. (R) Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1470, oil on wood, Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio) |
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| (L) The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara, ca. 1510, oil on linden, Lucas Cranach the Elder. (R) Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1507-9, oil on wood, Andrea Solario |
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| (L) Judith with the Head of Holofernes, ca. 1640, oil on canvas, Massimo Stanzione. (R) Judith with the Head of Holofernes, ca. 1530, oil on linden, Lucas Cranach the Elder |
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| Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware, 1635, oil on wood, Willem Claesz Heda |
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| (L) The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, early 1490s, tempera and gold on wood, Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi). (R) The Ascension of Christ, 1513, oil on fir, Hans Süss von Kulmbach |
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| Pluto and Cerberus, ca. 1588(?), bronze, attributed to Tiziano Aspetti |
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| (L) Juno and the Peacock, late 16th century, bronze, after a model by Alessandro Vittoria. (R) Venus Marina, late 16th-early 17th century, bronze, after a composition by Girolamo Campagna |









