Wölfflin chapter 5 Clearness and unclearness
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Raphael (b. 1483, Urbino, d. 1520, Rome)
1517
Christ Falls on the Way to Calvary
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Oil on panel transferred to canvas 318*229 cm
The painting, called Lo Spasimo di Sicilia, was executed for the Santa Maria dello Spasimo in Palermo.
The church was dedicated to the grief and agony (spasimo) of the Virgin when she witnessed the sufferings of Christ
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Paul Pontius (1603-1658)
1632
Jesus Stumbling Beneath the Cross (after Rubens)
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Engraving 60.3*45.5 cm
Pontius engraved Rubens' sketch of The Road to Calvary c. 1632, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California.
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens (b. 1577, Siegen, d. 1640, Antwerp)
1634
The Road to Calvary
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Oil on canvas 569*355 cm
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Constantin-Daniel van Renesse(b. 1626, Maarsen, d. 1680, Eindhoven)
Follower of Rembrandt
c. 1650
The Good Samaritan
Louvre, Paris
114*135 cm
One of the best known "former Rembrandts" in the Louvre, much celebrated for the sentimentality of its theme. It was attributed to Renesse in 1988.
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Tintoretto (b. 1518, Venice, d. 1594, Venice)
1552-53
Presentation of the Virgin
Madonna dell'Orto, Venice
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Tintoretto (b. 1518, Venice, d. 1594, Venice)
1559
Deposition
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Oil on canvas 227*294 cm
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Correggio (b. ca. 1490, Correggio, d. 1534, Correggio)
1525
Deposition
Galleria Nazionale, Parma
Oil on canvas 158.5*184.3 cm
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Quentin Massys (b. 1465/66, Leuven, d. 1530, Antwerp)
1507
Entombment (central panel of the St. John Altarpiece)
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Oil on wood 260*504 cm (with side panels)
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Joos van Cleve (b. 1485, Antwerp, d. 1540, Antwerp)
Altarpiece of the Lamentation
Louvre, Paris
Oil on wood central panel 145*206 cm
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