View Larger Sher-Dor Madrasah, Registan Sq, Samarkand, (Uzbekistan) with distinctive and most unusual tiger motifs in top corners.Architect was Abdujabor. Commissioned by Yalangtush Bakhodur in 17th Century.
View Larger Sher-Dor Madrasah, Registan Sq, Samarkand, (Uzbekistan) with distinctive and most unusual tiger motifs in top corners.Architect was Abdujabor. Commissioned by Yalangtush Bakhodur in 17th Century.



Palazzo Firrao, Napoli. 3
View Larger Giuditta che taglia la testa a Oloferne (1597-1600) olio su tela cm. 145x195| Caravaggio
View Larger Giovanni Baglione, “Amore sacro e profano”, 1602, Olio su tela, 240 x 143 cm, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, Roma
View Larger Sette opere di Misericordia
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
1606-1607
olio su tela
390×260 cm
Pio Monte della Misericordia, Napoli
View Larger Annibale Carracci, Pietà, 1599-1600, Oil on canvas, 156 x 149 cm, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
View Larger Crocifissione di san Pietro è un dipinto di Caravaggio, su olio su tela (230 x 175 cm), quest’opera fu realizzata tra il 1600 ed il 1601. L’opera è conservata nella Cappella Cerasi di Santa Maria del Popolo a Roma.
View Larger Sette opere di Misericordia (The Seven Works of Mercy), Caravaggio, 1606-1607, olio su tela, 390 cm × 260 cm, Pio Monte della Misericordia, Napoli
(1) the burial of the dead and the episode of the so-called Carità Romana (Cimon’s daughter breastfeeding her father, who was sentenced to life in prison), containing at once the two charitable acts of (2) visiting prisoners and (3) feeding the hungry. St. Martin and the beggar, symbolizing (4) dressing the naked. the host and St. James of Compostela allude to the (5) offering of hospitality to pilgrims. Samson drinking from the ox jaw represents (6) relieving the thirsty. The youth on the ground behind the beggar of St. Martin may also represent the merciful gesture of (7) caring for the sick.