Oct 8, 2015 | Medieval, PoP Highlights, Renaissance
Fra Angelico, Perugia Altarpiece, 1447, Tempura and gold on Wood, this panel measures 34 x 60 cm The predella panel of Fra Angelico’s Perugia Altarpiece envisions the humble yet heroic life of Saint Nicholas, also known as Nicholas the Wonderworker. This painting...
Oct 27, 2014 | PoP Highlights, Renaissance
Rogier Van der Weyden, Last Judgement, c. 1445–1450, Oil on oak, 87 x 216 inches This rather battered old reproduction hangs in my studio. I’ve owned it since I was five, which is when I first and last saw the original. This is the painting that made me want to be an...
May 8, 2014 | Medieval, PoP Highlights
Niccolo di Pietro, Saint Ursula and Her Maidens, ca. 1410, Tempera and gold on wood, 37 x 31 inches I love stories. I have always loved them more in pictures than in words — narrative events shown rather than told. All paintings tell stories. Perhaps it is the...
