Picture Gallery by Chapter

Chapter 1

Vincent Van Gogh, Self-Portrait

Vincent Van Gogh, Self-Portrait

 

Chapter 2

Self-portrait of Albrecht Durer (Prado Museum, Madrid)

Self-portrait of Albrecht Durer (Prado Museum, Madrid)

 

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Triumph of Death (Prado Museum, Madrid)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Triumph of Death (Prado Museum, Madrid)

 

Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (Prado Museum, Madrid)

Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights (Prado Museum, Madrid)

Hans Memling,  central panel of Polyptych of Calvary; also known as Altar of the Passion (Lubeck, St. Anne's Museum)

Hans Memling, central panel of Polyptych of Calvary; also known as Altar of the Passion (Lubeck, St. Anne’s Museum)

Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks; also called The Virgin of the Rocks (National Gallery, London)

Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks; also called The Virgin of the Rocks (National Gallery, London)

 

Peter Paul Rubens, Samson and Delila (National Gallery, London)

Peter Paul Rubens, Samson and Delila (National Gallery, London)

 

The Wilton Diptych (National Gallery, London)

The Wilton Diptych (National Gallery, London)

 

Hans Memling, The Donne Triptych (National Gallery, London)

Hans Memling, The Donne Triptych (National Gallery, London)

 

Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait (National Gallery, London)

Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait (National Gallery, London)

 

Anthony van Dyck, Equestrian Portrait of Charles I (National Gallery, London)

Anthony van Dyck, Equestrian Portrait of Charles I (National Gallery, London)

 

Hans Holbein, The Ambassadors (National Gallery, London)

Hans Holbein, The Ambassadors (National Gallery, London)

 

Chapter 3

Jan van Eyck, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb; also known as The Ghent Altarpiece (St. Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent)

Jan van Eyck, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb; also known as The Ghent Altarpiece (St. Bavo’s Cathedral, Ghent)

Original Just Judges panel (now lost)

Original Just Judges panel (now lost)

 

Michelangelo, The Madonna of Bruges (Church of Our Lady, Bruges)

Michelangelo, The Madonna of Bruges (Church of Our Lady, Bruges)

 

Chapter 4

 

Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine (Czartoryski Museum, Wawel Castle Krakow)

Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine (Czartoryski Museum, Wawel Castle Krakow)

 

Rembrandt, Landscape with a Good Samaritan (Czartoryski Museum, Wawel Castle Krakow)

Rembrandt, Landscape with a Good Samaritan (Czartoryski Museum, Wawel Castle Krakow)

 

Raphael of Urbino, Portrait of a Young Man (now lost)

Raphael of Urbino, Portrait of a Young Man (now lost)

 

Statue of Adam Mickiewicz, Krakow

Statue of Adam Mickiewicz, Krakow

 

Veit Stoss Altar, Church of Our Lady, Krakow

Veit Stoss Altar, Church of Our Lady, Krakow

 

Hans Memling, The Last Judgement (National Museum, Gdansk, Poland)

Hans Memling, The Last Judgement (National Museum, Gdansk, Poland)

 

Chapter 6

 

Rembrandt, The Night Watch (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

Rembrandt, The Night Watch (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

 

Rembrandt, Titus or Boy with a Red Beret (Wallace Collection, London)

Rembrandt, Titus or Boy with a Red Beret (Wallace Collection, London)

 

Nike or Winged Victory of Samothrace (Louvre, Paris)

Nike or Winged Victory of Samothrace (Louvre, Paris)

 

Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry (Bayeux, Normandy)

Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry (Bayeux, Normandy)

 

Peter Paul Rubens, Descent from the Cross (Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp)

Peter Paul Rubens, Descent from the Cross (Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp)

 

Johannes Vermeer, The Astronomer (Louvre, Paris)

Johannes Vermeer, The Astronomer (Louvre, Paris)

 

Thomas Gainsborough, Portrait of Mrs. Thomas HIbbert (Neue Pinakothek, Munich)

Thomas Gainsborough, Portrait of Mrs. Thomas HIbbert (Neue Pinakothek, Munich)

 

Chapter 7

Italianate courtyard, Wawel Castle (Krakow)

Italianate courtyard, Wawel Castle (Krakow)

 

Chapter 11

Louis XIV Visits the Gobelin factory--a Gobelin tapestry (Palace of Versailles)

Louis XIV Visits the Gobelin factory–a Gobelin tapestry (Palace of Versailles)

 

Master of the Magdalene Mansi Legend, Mary Magdalene

Master of the Magdalene Mansi Legend, Mary Magdalene

 

Han van Meegeren, Christ with a Woman Taken in Adultery (sold to Hermann Goring as a Vermeer)

Han van Meegeren, Christ with a Woman Taken in Adultery (sold to Hermann Goring as a Vermeer)

 

Chapter 13

Ruins of the Abbey of Monte Cassino, 1943

Ruins of the Abbey of Monte Cassino, 1943

 

Rebuilt Abbey of Monte Cassino

Rebuilt Abbey of Monte Cassino

 

Chapter 14

The Castle of Neuschwanstein, Bavaria

The Castle of Neuschwanstein, Bavaria

 

Chapter 15

The Vasari Corridor along the Arno/Ponte Vecchio, Florence

The Vasari Corridor along the Arno/Ponte Vecchio, Florence

 

Domenico Ghirlandaio, The Adoration of the Magi (Hospital of the Innocents, Florence)

Domenico Ghirlandaio, The Adoration of the Magi (Hospital of the Innocents, Florence)

 

Sandro Botticelli, La Primavera (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)

Sandro Botticelli, La Primavera (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)

 

Michelangelo, Dawn (Medici Chapel, Florence)

Michelangelo, Dawn (Medici Chapel, Florence)

 

Chapter 17

 

The Campo Santo at Pisa

The Campo Santo at Pisa

 

Frescoes and sarcophagi at the Campo Santo, Pisa

Frescoes and sarcophagi at the Campo Santo, Pisa

Chapter 19

Caravaggio, The Taking of Christ (National Gallery, Dublin)

Caravaggio, The Taking of Christ (National Gallery, Dublin)

 

Caravaggio, Bacchus (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)

Caravaggio, Bacchus (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)

 

Lukas Cranach, Adam and Eve (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)

Lukas Cranach, Adam and Eve (Uffizi Gallery, Florence)

 

Chapter 21

 

Edouard Manet, In the Conservatory (Alte Nationalgalerie)

Edouard Manet, In the Conservatory (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin)