Richard Whitten

Cythere

2013

Oil on panel by Richard Whitten

Oil on panel by Richard Whitten

Sterling Mulbry"s oil paintings on wood panel present landscapes inspired by tropical vistas viewed through sun-faded, slatted wooden shutters with succulent mangoes, lemons and pin...

Sterling Mulbry"s oil paintings on wood panel present landscapes inspired by tropical vistas are viewed through sun-faded, slatted wooden shutters with succulent mangoes, lemons and...

Oil on panel by Richard Whitten

Acrylic on panel, 14" x 28"

Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey The present painting depicts Saint Vincent Ferrer preaching from a raised pulpit to a group of seven peopl...

Inscribed, reverse: Fr Brina Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey. Francesco Brina was one of the “Studiolo” painters, responsible for the panel of Neptune and Amphitrite in F...

The panel has been attributed both to Joan de Joanes and his son Vicente Macip Comes (Valencia, ca. 1555 – 1623). Provenance: Private Collection, England, by 1886 (according to stencils on the reverse) Private Collection, New Jersey, until 2010 The Veil of Veronica, often called the Sudarium, is one of the most important and well-known relics of Christ. According to legend, Veronica offered Christ her veil as he carried the cross to his crucifixion. He wiped his face with the veil, which left the cloth miraculously imprinted with his image. Depictions of Christ’s face on a veil, or simply images that focused in on Christ’s face, were treasured objects of religious devotion. The popularity of this format also inspired similar images of the face of the Virgin. The iconographic type of the present painting is known as the Veronica of the Virgin, which was especially favored in late medieval and early Renaissance Spain. Distinct from the images of the suffering Christ, the Veronica of the Virgin is based on the legend that Saint Luke painted a portrait of Mary from life. Although scholars have sometimes mistaken them for portraits of Queen Isabella I of Castile (known as Isabel la Católica) or as a depiction of Saint Maria Toribia (known as María de la Cabeza, or, Mary of the Head), paintings like this one were clearly intended as images of the Virgin in the style of Saint Luke’s lost portrait. The Veronica of the Virgin was especially popular in Valencia, and depictions of this subject produced there all stem back to one visual prototype: a Byzantine image in the city’s cathedral (Fig. 1). This early treatment of the Veronica was given to the cathedral in 1437 by Martin the Humane, King of Aragon and Valencia, who promoted religious veneration of the Veronica of the Virgin as part of the celebration of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. This devotion spread throughout Martin’s kingdom and particularly took hold in Valencia, where the Byzantine image resided. The image, which is displayed in a gold reliquary...

Titled on the back, "Head of Small Girl". Painted in a impressionist style. Labeled on the back Eloise Waggoner 24 Wilmont Mews, West Chester, PA, 19380. ...

Alchemy II by British artist Charlotte Aiken. Aiken is a Surrey-based artist, who responds to her surroundings through the medium of paint, working on ...

Artist: Hans-Ulrich Muhlhausen (Born in 1915-1987) Title: Chickens and Ducks Medium: Oil on Panel Dimensions: Framed 11” x 9”, Unframed 9” x 7” Description A small oil painting of ...