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Bernard van Orley

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Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ in a garden with two angels, a fountain, peacocks, and a distant castle.

Virgin and Child with Angels

ca. 1518

Four panels in a gilded Gothic frame showing scenes of Christ's Passion: prayer, carrying the cross, crucifixion, and lamenta

Four Scenes from the Passion

Painting of attendants bathing an infant in a basin beside a red bed, with a peacock and colonnade at left.

The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-l'oeil with Painting of The Man of Sorrows

ca. 1514-15

Painting of a beheading in a courtyard, with an executioner, a fallen figure, two women carrying a severed head on a platter,

The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist

ca. 1514-15

Panel painting of the Last Judgement with Christ in glory, angels blowing trumpets, rising nude souls and a fiery hell at rig

The last judgement and the seventh act of mercy

1517

Altarpiece panels with the Adoration of the Magi and the Presentation in the temple, showing worn paint and gold-trimmed fram

Adoration of the Magi; Presentation of the Christ-child in the temple

1530

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white headdress and pleated collar against a dark background, with a coat of arms at upp

Portrait of Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480-1530)

1519

Panel painting with Virgin and apostles on clouds above a loggia where figures give drink, visit the sick and shelter the poo

Three Acts of Mercy: Giving the Thirsty to drink, Visiting the Sick and Sheltering Strangers

1517

Painted panel of a bearded saint with an open book, a young man drawing a cloak, and crouching figures under Gothic tracery.

Saint Martin and Saint Mark

1517

Painting of Christ in a blue robe and crown of thorns carrying a cross past armored soldiers with halberds.

Bernard van Orley - The Bearing of the Cross, 1551-1600, 569

Oil sketch of two Renaissance-dressed men in an arched interior, one in a red cloak, beside a marble bust and onlookers.

Bernard van Orley - The Painters Raphael and Bernard van Orley, 1678b

Portrait of Charles the V.geb yuwtheytujqguje ewvrgeyrdgendhj

1515

Crucifixion scene with Christ flanked by Mary and John, God the Father and a dove above, and a distant city.

Christ on the cross between Mary and John

1525

Painting of a boy in blue standing among bearded elders in an ornate gilded colonnade, with a town in the distance.

Christ among the Doctors

1513

Painting of a crowned woman in blue joining hands with a man in pink at a stone portal, watched by a priest and onlookers.

The Marriage of the Virgin

1513

Painted winged putto in a stone niche holding a red ribbon beside a teal heraldic shield with gold emblems.

Putto with Arms of Jacques Coëne [reverse]

1513

Painting of the grieving Virgin Mary in green robes with a golden halo, surrounded by six circular scenes of Christ's Passion

Bernard van Orley - The Seven Sorrows of Mary, 1526, 521

Painted panel of the Presentation in the Temple: a priest holds the infant Christ at an altar while robed figures watch in an

Bernard van Orley - Presentation in the Temple, 972

Portrait of a woman in a dark dress and gold jeweled headdress, holding a book and fan against a dark background.

Marie Haneton

1518

Altarpiece panel with two biblical scenes under ornate Gothic architecture, kneeling robed figures, a greyhound and a blue sk

Altarpiece of Saints Thomas and Matthias

1510

Nativity painting with kneeling Virgin in blue, Christ Child on ground, Joseph, ox and donkey, and a landscape beyond arches.

The Nativity

Tall panel with apostles in clouds above, a sick woman in bed under a colonnade, and a crowd receiving alms in a town square.

Three Acts of Mercy: Clothing the Naked, Liberating the Imprisoned and Feeding the Hungry

1517

Brown-toned panel of a crowned woman and a man giving alms to kneeling beggars beneath gothic tracery.

Saint Laurens and Saint Elizabeth

1517

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel kneels before the Virgin Mary beside a red bed, with a dove of light above.

The Annunciation

1518

Triptych of the Last Judgment with Christ above a cross, angels, rising nude figures, and works of mercy on the wings.

Last Judgement and the seven Acts of Mercy

1517

Half-length portrait of a young man in a wide black hat and fur-trimmed cloak, holding pale gloves, against a dark background

Portrait of a young Man

1520

Damaged panel painting of a kneeling king in red robes beside a standing figure in blue, with gold vessel visible.

Bernard van Orley - The Adoration of the Magi, 971

Virgin Mary holds the infant Christ on a marble platform before a classical architectural niche with columns and a shell moti

The Virgin of Louvain

1520

Painting of the boy Christ seated among elderly doctors under a gilded colonnade, with the Virgin Mary in the background.

Christ among the Doctors [obverse]

c. 1513

Painting of a crowned woman in blue and a man in red before a bearded high priest at an ornate stone portal.

The Marriage of the Virgin

c. 1513

Winged putto in a niche pulling a red ribbon beside a teal heraldic shield with gold motifs.

Putto with Arms of Jacques Coëne [reverse]

c. 1513

Painting of St. John the Baptist's beheading in a courtyard, with Salome holding the head on a platter and a banquet behind.

The beheading of St. John the Baptist, Salome dancing during the banquet of Herod in the background

1514