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A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

A full extract from the National Gallery's scholarly catalogue.

Daughter of King Minos of Crete, Ariadne loved first Theseus, whom she rescued from the labyrinth, then Bacchus, after Theseus had left her on the island of Naxos. According to Philostratos ('Imagines' 1: 15), Ariadne was asleep when Bacchus enco...

The Florentine architect Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 - 1446) is best known for designing and building the dome of Florence cathedral. Earlier he worked as a goldsmith and sculptor, but after having lost the competition for the design of the doors...

The Purification of the Temple, also known as the Cleansing of the Temple, is recounted with variations in all four Gospels. Christ saw that the temple in Jerusalem had been turned into a marketplace by traders and moneylenders and he drove them o...