Left Wing of a Triptych: Donor Matelief Dammasz and St Paul St. Athanasius but it was originally commissioned

but it was originally commissioned for the Abbey of Saint-Denis

Murillo presents the viewer with a luminous portrait of the revered monarch

The play of light and shadow emphasizes the gravity of the moment

showed an idealized view of Russian life of prior centuries

a consultant to the Louvre and the British Museum as well as the leading collectors and connoisseurs in Milan and Europe as a whole

Left Wing of a Triptych: Donor Matelief Dammasz and St Paul St. Athanasius but it was originally commissionedAn excellent portrait of St. Paul pictured here with the donor of the image. Maerten van Heemskerck was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's Italian influenced style. He spent years in Italy. He produced many designs for engravers, and is especially known for his depictions of the Wonders of the World