Sunday, April 23, 2023

The Serpent

 We begin today with these, from the workshop of Dieric Bouts, circa 1485-95: Diptych Of The Sorrowful Mother And Christ Crowned With Thorns.


Lucas Cranach the Elder painted Venus around 1518, depicting the Roman goddess of love.


A rather morbid painting that always draws my attention. Eve, The Serpent, And Death is by Hans Beldung Grien, and dates to 1510-15.


Christ And The Adulteress is another work by Cranach, done in 1533.


Barthyl Bruyn The Elder painted Christian von Conersheim and His Wife Elisabeth von Brauweller in 1544.

The Crucifixion, circa 1515, is a painting by Quinten Massys.

36 comments:

  1. Moving paintings, with much more human expressions than sometimes seen in religious works.

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  2. La mayoría de las religiosas, tienen un gran dramatismo. Eva, cuando la tentación, no había reparado siquiera en que se encontraba desnuda.
    Feliz domingo.

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  3. ...religion has been a popular subject matter for art.

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  4. Ah that Eve! Think of all the trouble she caused!

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  5. Your right about Eve, Death and the Serpent!

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    1. I think its dark nature is why I like it so much.

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  6. I wonder what those talented artists would have actually chosen to paint if choices were more freely made.

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  7. Lots of religious themes in this group.

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  8. Religion & nudity. What a combo.

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  9. Morbid is Eve and her companions for sure. The look on her face has more enigmatic depth than, dare I say, the Mona Lisa.

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  10. Religion seems to be a popular subject for these painters.

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  11. Wonderful photos of this latest exhibit.

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  12. Expressive hands in the Eve. All edifying William

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  13. I like Venus the most in this collection.

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  14. i think it is hilarious that i have to be on google browser to get my pic and not be anonymous ... well i am here ... so funny!!! have a great rest of your Sunday. always enjoy your visits. thanks!! ( ;

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  15. I thought I detected Cranach's brushwork.

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  16. I especially like those opening Bouts pieces.

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