Browsing: Mannerism

Christ sits at the centre of a monumental wedding banquet as musicians, servants, guests, vessels, and classical architecture surround the miracle at Cana.

A female personification of Painting stands within an arched niche, holding a brush and panel or palette in a restrained monumental pose.

Leda reclines upon a richly arranged bed beside a large white swan as red curtains, pearls, and green fabric enclose the mythological encounter.

Wisdom stands within the light beside shadowed Strength as a child, crown, jewels, curtain, and open landscape complete the allegorical scene.

Apollo reaches toward the fleeing Daphne as her raised arms approach the tree and a seated bearded figure witnesses the transformation.

Saint Luke paints the Virgin and Christ Child as witnesses, angels, an ox, and a studio assistant reveal the sacred and material process of image-making.

Christ sits calmly at the centre of the table while the apostles react to the approaching crisis through dispersed gazes and animated gestures.

Elisha stands among a hungry crowd gathered around a large vessel as poisoned food becomes the centre of divine purification and survival.

Paris judges three nude goddesses within a theatrical mythological landscape where beauty, desire, power, and future catastrophe converge.

Mary and surrounding mourners support the dead Christ as hands, coloured garments, and the discarded crown of thorns gather around his body.