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The Loving Cup

Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828-1882)

Date: 1867

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan

The Triumph of Peter I

Artist: Unknown (Russian)

Date: 18th century

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Description

The Triumph of Peter I (also widely known as The Apotheosis of Peter I or Allegory of the Victory of Poltava) is a painting that celebrates Russia's decisive triumph over Sweden at the Battle of Poltava in 1709.

The painting depicts Tsar Peter the Great riding a horse. Beneath the horse's hooves lies a defeated lion, which serves as a symbolic representation of Sweden. Above the Tsar, an angel blows a trumpet while crowning him with a laurel wreath. To the right, Swedish officers are shown surrendering their swords, while biblical scenes of figures defeating lions line the sides of the composition.

Scenes with the Life of John the Baptist

Artist: Bartolomeo di Giovanni (Italian, active c. 1465-1501)

Date: 1490-1495

Medium: Tempera on poplar panel

Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

Ecce Homo (1501)

Hans Holbein The Elder (German, 1460 – 1524)

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The church of Saint-Étienne in Beauvais is fortunate to have most of its original stained glass from the 16th century despite two world wars and rampant vandalism during the French Revolution. Some panels appear to have been filled in with more recent glass that blends well with the older colors.

Photos by Charles Reeza

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Depravity Areopagus

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The Story of Adam and Eve Boucicaut Master (French; active about 1390–1430) Paris, ca. 1413–5 Folio: Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California

In: Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes (Concerning the Fates of Illustrious Men and Women), a French translation by Laurent de Premierfait of the work by Giovanni Boccaccio

Law and Grace

Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, c. 1472-1553)

Date: 1529

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: National Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Description

The painting Law and Grace (also called The Fall and Redemption of the Mankind) departs from Luther´s teaching about Justification by Faith.

The depicted scenes show Moses on Mount Sinai, receiving the stone tablet with Jewish law; under this scene Adam and Eve stand next to the Tree of Knowledge, precipitating Man´s Fall from Grace. The centre displays an erected brass serpent. Death is symbolized by an open grave with a dead body. Although the Prophet Isaiah belongs to the outdated period sub lege, in this painting, he turns to a man seated on the divide between the two eras, and points at the Redemptor on the Cross, i.e. to the era sub gratia. From the right, John the Baptist leans towards the man. John the Baptist also symbolizes the Redemption of mankind through Christ´s sacrifice, raising his right hand to Agnus Dei. The counterpoint to the scene on Mount Sinai is Mary on Mount Zion. She is approached by a flying Christ Child with a cross, i.e. Emmanuel. In the far background, we can see the scene of the Annunciation to the shepherds, and, finally on bottom right, the scene with a Resurrected Christ trampling Death and Sin.