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Explore the Collection

Old Master paintings can be overwhelming sometimes with their detailed beauty, serious palette, and historical roots. But they don’t have to be, which is why M&G created the EXPLORE pages—a diversion on our website to unfold some of the mystery and meaning in the art of the past. Watch, listen, read, and color your way through the world of Old Masters!

Click on the links below to investigate for yourself:

 

Collection on View
M&G Objects on Loan
Scavenger Hunts
A Closer Look
History in Pictures
M&G Coloring Pages
Think on These Things
Watch This!
ArtBreak: Past Series
M&G Kids
Object of the Month: July 2025
The Collection

History in Pictures

Art is a record of ideas and messages from the past, reflecting its own time and culture. Sometimes art’s culture is foreign to our own experiences and understanding today, which requires a translation in order for us to grasp the meaning of its intent and the significance in its time. Listen and learn about works of art and their context from M&G’s collection and others—it’s an opportunity to view the world beyond your twenty-first-century perspective and experience.

 

Pietro Alemanno
Master of Riofrio
Lamb Studios
William Hogarth
Bonifazio Veronese
Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem
Esau and Jacob Presented to Isaac
Bethlehem Manger
Christ and the Samaritan Woman
The Coronation of the Virgin
Portrait of John Ruskin: John Everett Millais
St. Anthony of Padua: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino
The Princes St. Basil and St. Constantine of Yaroslavl
Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist
The Young Christ
Mrs. Siddons as Lady Macbeth
Clay Tablet
Bronze Pitcher
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Antiphonary
M&G Beginnings
Carved Walnut Relief
Jacopo de Carolis
Rafael Govertsz. Camphuysen
Domenico Fiasella
St. Michael the Archangel Overcoming Satan
Holy Kinship
The Entry into Jerusalem
Giuseppe Bessi
Psuedo Pier Francesco Fiorentino
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Juan Sanchez, the Younger
Denys Calvaert, called Dionisio Fiammingo
Mario Balassi
Hebrew Demi Omer
Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Sébastien Bourdon
Giovanni Coli and Filippo Gherardi
Procession to Calvary
Torah Scroll
Gerrit van Honthorst
Scenes from the Life of Christ
St. Nicholas, the Wonderworker
1965 Gala Opening for M&G
Reliquary Head of a Monk
Ginevra Cantofoli
Michail Nicholaievich Molodeshin
Pompeo Batoni
William Hamilton, R.A.
Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse (attr. to)
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (school of)
Louis XVI Musical Mantel Clock
Peter Paul Rubens (follower of)
Jacopo Robusti, called Il Tintoretto
Two Angels with Banner
Domenico Zampieri, called Il Domenichino
Anthony van Dyck
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Benjamin West, P.R.A.
Carlo Francesco Nuvolone
Carlo Dolci
Peter Carl Fabergé
Vasiliy Fedotovich Il’in
Edwin Long, R. A.
Hezekiah Tapestry Series
Master of the Borghese Tondo
John Koch
Bone Casket
Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti
Richard Houston (engraver)
Salvator Rosa
Pietro Novelli
Johann Friedrich Overbeck
Benjamin West, P. R. A.
Albrecht Dürer
Gaspar de Crayer
Lucas Cranach, the Younger
Frans Francken, the Younger
Visiting Museums
Eyre Crowe
Gustave Doré
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
Gilbert Stuart
Edward Matthew Ward, R.A.

M&G Coloring Pages

For students of ALL ages: click and print the coloring sheet, then find inspiration in the Old Master’s original to create your own version!  Share your work with others on social media and tag the Museum & Gallery!  

Esther Accusing Haman by Jan Victors, Dutch (1619–after 1676)

For a printable coloring sheet click HERE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Heavenly Shepherd by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish (1617–1682)

For a printable coloring sheet click HERE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Sold into Bondage by His Brethren by Giovanni Battista Carlone, Genoese (1603–1684)

For a printable coloring sheet click HERE. 

 

Rest on the Flight to Egypt by Francesco Granacci, Florentine (1469–1543)

For a printable coloring sheet click HERE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Madonna of the Chair by Unknown 19th-century Artist (copy of Raphael)

For a printable coloring sheet click HERE

Think on These Things

Due to COVID-19, our regular routines and social interactions have been disrupted. However, in the face of change and the unknown, what our minds dwell on becomes critical. While beauty has always mattered in our lives, perhaps it shows itself all the more valuable and significant in a crisis. Pause to reflect on a few, beautiful images and ideas represented in M&G’s Collection—things worthy of our thinking.

Whatsoever Things Are… True: St. Paul
Whatsoever Things Are… True: Christ and the Samaritan Woman
Whatsoever Things Are… Honorable: Ananias Restores Sight to Saul
Whatsoever Things Are… Honorable: The Good Samaritan
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: St. Michael the Archangel and St. Agnes
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: Triumphal Entry
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: The Last Supper
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: The Man of Sorrows
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: Painted Crucifix
Whatsoever Things Are… Pure: The Risen Christ
Whatsoever Things Are… Pure: Christ Blessing
Whatsoever Things Are… Lovely: The Heavenly Shepherd
Whatsoever Things Are… Lovely: Christ Healing the Blind Man
Whatsoever Things Are… Commendable: Christ and the Roman Centurion
Whatsoever Things Are… Commendable: The Tribulation of Job
Whatsoever Things Are… Excellent: Mary Magdalene Turning from the World to Christ
Whatsoever Things Are… Excellent: Isaiah’s Lips Anointed with Fire
Whatsoever Things Are… Worthy of Praise: King David Playing the Harp
Whatsoever Things Are… Worthy of Praise: God the Father

Object of the Month: July 2025

Procession to Calvary

Oil on Panel

Otto van Veen

Flemish, c. 1556–d. 1629

 

Otto van Veen was a classically trained humanist artist or pictor doctus, a concept created by the ancient writer Horace in his Ars Poetica signifying the attempt by artists to regain the social standing of the ancients. Otto van Veen succeeded. A renowned court painter to several rulers, he led the Antwerp art scene, diminishing only when his pupil Peter Paul Rubens returned from his travels in 1608. He paid tribute to Horace by creating two series of emblematic art which coupled Horatian proverbs with an illustrative image. A Romanist painter, he continued the traditions of the church through his work, including this one in M&G’s collection.

Using the usual cast of characters—Roman soldiers, weeping women, Simon of Cyrene, and a jeering mob—van Veen pictures the procession to Calvary just outside the city gate. A woman in the foreground holds up a piece of cloth to Christ who has stumbled under the cross and brought the procession to a momentary halt. St. Veronica offers her veil to Christ to wipe his brow. Traditionally, He accepts her kindness and a likeness of His face appears on the veil when it is returned to her. Scholars debate whether the woman is named Veronica or that the replication of Christ’s “true image”—vera icon—contributed to her name. She is part of a trio of women; the others have children with them, which reminds the viewer that Christ welcomed little children to come to Him. Just slightly behind these women are Mary with clasped hands in her usual blue robe and John, already attentive to her wellbeing.

Van Veen visually divides the scene with the positioning of the cross. On one side is the sympathetic crowd; on the other is the iron hand of Rome. The right side of the panel draws the viewer’s eye to the white horse ridden by a Roman soldier and the muscular figure pulling Christ up the hill with a rope. The dress of this man and the man behind the cross who whips Simon and Christ indicates that they are not part of the military structure of Rome. Instead, they seem to be commoners employed by Rome for the occasion. Combining this fact with the intense, backward gaze of the prominent soldier on horseback creates a personal interaction between the viewer and the scene. The sinfulness of every man compels an atonement be made for a restoration of relationship with God. In the foreground, the open area at this stopping point on the way to Golgotha provides room for the viewer to be included in the picture’s events and to consider which “side” of the scene he will be part of: sympathetic or condemnatory.

 

Dr. Karen Rowe Jones, M&G board member

 

Published 2025

Additional Resources:

For additional information on an etching by N. Muxel made after Otto van Veen’s Procession click here.

To see an image of Otto van Veen’s Christ Meeting St. Veronica from the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium click here.

 

M&G Collections Online

As we continue to make more works available online, survey some of the paintings and objects in M&G’s collection. Click on the images below to enjoy videos, articles, and audio stops.

 

Object of the Month: July 2025
Pietro Alemanno
The Triumph of Miriam: Luca Giordano
Christ Teaching on the Mountain: Pieter Jan van Reysschoot
Master of Riofrio
Object of the Month: June 2025
Eyre Crowe: Wittenberg, October 31, 1517
Object of the Month: May 2025
Lamb Studios
Madonna and Child: Anthony van Dyck
The Brothers of Joseph: Francisco Collantes
William Hogarth
Object of the Month: April 2025
St. John the Evangelist: Master of Cueza
Object of the Month: March 2025
Bonifazio Veronese
Object of the Month: February 2025
Old Testament Characters: Pietro Negroni, called Il Giovane Zingaro
Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem
Preparing to Depart for Canaan: Leandro Bassano, called Leandro da Ponte
Esau and Jacob Presented to Isaac
Object of the Month: January 2025
Bethlehem Manger
The Annunciation: Pieter Fransz. de Grebber
Object of the Month: December 2024
Christ and the Samaritan Woman
Rest on the Flight into Egypt: Bartolommeo Guidobono
Object of the Month: November 2024
The Dream of St. Peter: Roelandt Savery
Object of the Month: October 2024
The Coronation of the Virgin
Object of the Month: September 2024
Madonna and Child with Saints: Giacomo or Giulio Francia
St. Anthony of Padua: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino
Object of the Month: August 2024
Christ Coming Up Out of the Jordan: Benjamin West, P.R.A.
The Princes St. Basil and St. Constantine of Yaroslavl
Object of the Month: July 2024
The Last Judgment: Placido Costanzi
Object of the Month: June 2024
Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: Benjamin West, P.R.A.
Pietro Martire Neri: St. Jerome
The Young Christ
Object of the Month: May 2024
Object of the Month: April 2024
Picture Books of the Past: The Tribulation of Job
Mrs. Siddons as Lady Macbeth
Object of the Month: March 2024
Clay Tablet
Constantijn van Renesse (attr. to): Christ before Pilate
Object of the Month: February 2024
Bronze Pitcher
Object of the Month: January 2024
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Antiphonary
Object of the Month: December
Object of the Month: November 2023
Picture Books of the Past: Jacopo Robusti, called Il Tintoretto
Object of the Month: October 2023
Picture Books of the Past: Marietta Robusti
Carved Walnut Relief
Object of the Month: September 2023
Picture Books of the Past: Unknown Dutch
Jacopo de Carolis
Object of the Month: August 2023
Picture Books of the Past: Jusepe de Ribera, called Lo Spagnoletto
Rafael Govertsz. Camphuysen
Object of the Month: July 2023
Domenico Fiasella
Picture Books of the Past: Lorenzo di Bicci
Object of the Month: June 2023
Picture Books of the Past: Mattia Preti
St. Michael the Archangel Overcoming Satan
Object of the Month: May 2023
Picture Books of the Past: Bartolommeo Neroni
Holy Kinship
Picture Books of the Past: Gustave Doré
The Entry into Jerusalem
Object of the Month: April 2023
Object of the Month: March 2023
Christ before Pilate: Master of St. Severin
Giuseppe Bessi
Object of the Month: February 2023
Psuedo Pier Francesco Fiorentino
Picture Books of the Past: Master of Staffolo
Object of the Month: January 2023
Picture Books of the Past: Edwin Long
Object of the Month: December 2022
Picture Books of the Past: Pieter Fransz. de Grebber
Juan Sanchez, the Younger
Object of the Month: November 2022
Picture Books of the Past: Lorenzo di Niccolo di Martino
Denys Calvaert, called Dionisio Fiammingo
Object of the Month: October 2022
Picture Books of the Past: Unknown Follower of Paolo Caliari, called Paolo Veronese
Mario Balassi
Object of the Month: September 2022
Hebrew Demi Omer
Picture Books of the Past: Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra
Object of the Month: August 2022
Picture Books of the Past: Carlo Dolci
Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem
Allegory on the Fall and Redemption of Man: Lucas Cranach, the Younger
Object of the Month: July 2022
Object of the Month: June 2022
Sébastien Bourdon
Madonna and Child with Saints: Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
Object of the Month: May 2022
Giovanni Coli and Filippo Gherardi
Object of the Month: April 2022
Whatsoever Things Are… Worthy of Praise: God the Father
Whatsoever Things Are… Worthy of Praise: King David Playing the Harp
Whatsoever Things Are… Excellent: Isaiah’s Lips Anointed with Fire
Whatsoever Things Are… Excellent: Mary Magdalene Turning from the World to Christ
Whatsoever Things Are… Commendable: The Tribulation of Job
Whatsoever Things Are… Commendable: Christ and the Roman Centurion
Whatsoever Things Are… Lovely: Christ Healing the Blind Man
Whatsoever Things Are… Lovely: The Heavenly Shepherd
Whatsoever Things Are… Pure: Christ Blessing
Whatsoever Things Are… Pure: The Risen Christ
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: Painted Crucifix
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: The Man of Sorrows
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: The Last Supper
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: Triumphal Entry
Whatsoever Things Are… Just: St. Michael the Archangel and St. Agnes
Whatsoever Things Are… Honorable: The Good Samaritan
Whatsoever Things Are… Honorable: Ananias Restores Sight to Saul
Whatsoever Things Are… True: Christ and the Samaritan Woman
Whatsoever Things Are… True: St. Paul
Antonio Checchi (called Guidaccio da Imola): The Coronation of the Virgin
Procession to Calvary
Object of the Month: March 2022
Jacopo Robusti (called Il Tintoretto): The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon
Torah Scroll
Object of the Month: February 2022
Rembrandt van Rijn (school of): Head of Christ
Gerrit van Honthorst
David de Haen: The Mocking of Christ
Object of the Month: January 2022
Scenes from the Life of Christ
Object of the Month: December 2021
Jan Boeckhorst: Adoration of the Magi
St. Nicholas, the Wonderworker
Object of the Month: November 2021
Jan Victors: Esther Accusing Haman
Object of the Month: October 2021
Reliquary Head of a Monk
Francesco Fracanzano: The Tribulation of Job
Object of the Month: September 2021
Object of the Month: August 2021
Giovanni Antonio Bazzi: Procession to Calvary
Object of the Month: July 2021
Ginevra Cantofoli
Michail Nicholaievich Molodeshin
Pompeo Batoni
Domenico Fiasella: The Flight into Egypt
Object of the Month: June 2021
William Hamilton, R.A.
French Stained Glass: The Fountain of Life
Object of the Month: May 2021
Christ the Redeemer: Paris Bordone
Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse (attr. to)
Object of the Month: April 2021
Madonna and Child: Master of the Greenville Tondo
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (school of)
Object of the Month: March 2021
John the Baptist: Polychromed Sculpture
Louis XVI Musical Mantel Clock
Object of the Month: February 2021
Gaspar de Crayer: St. Augustine & St. Ambrose
Peter Paul Rubens (follower of)
Edwin Long: Vashti Refuses the King’s Summons
Object of the Month: January 2021
Jacopo Robusti, called Il Tintoretto
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Inspiration
Object of the Month: December 2020
Two Angels with Banner
Govaert Flinck: Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom
Object of the Month: November 2020
Domenico Zampieri, called Il Domenichino
Simon Vouet: Salome with the Head of John the Baptist
Object of the Month: October 2020
Object of the Month: September 2020
Francesco Granacci: Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Object of the Month: August 2020
Frederic James Shields: The Pre-Raphaelites
Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli (and studio): Madonna and Child with an Angel
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Jusepe de Ribera: Ecce Homo
Gustave Doré: Christ Leaving the Praetorium
Girolamo Della Robbia: Terracotta Busts
Mattia Preti: Christ Seats the Child in the Midst of the Disciples
Peter Paul Rubens: Christ on the Cross
Cassone: Renaissance Marriage Chest
Francesco de Rosa: The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence
Guido Reni: The Four Evangelists
Geritt van Honthorst: The Holy Family in the Carpenter Shop
Francois de Troy: Christ and the Samaritan Woman
Francesco Cavazzoni: Legend of the Finding of the True Cross
Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo (attr. to): The Last Judgment
Stefano Cernotto (attr. to): The Last Supper
Salvator Rosa: Landscape with the Baptism of Christ
Domenico Zampieri: St. John the Evangelist
Jaun de Flandes: St. Augustine and St.Roch
Jan Hermansz. van Bijlert: Mary Magdalene Turning from the World to Christ
Anthony van Dyck: Mother of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa)
Jan Swart van Groningen: Nativity Triptych
Jan Gossaert: The Madonna of the Fireplace
Northern Mannerism: The Martyrdom of Peter
Marietta Robusti: Allegory of Wisdom
Philippe de Champaigne: The Christ of Derision
Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra: St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Benjamin West, P.R.A.
Object of the Month: July 2020
Carlo Francesco Nuvolone
Object of the Month: June 2020
Carlo Dolci
Object of the Month: May 2020
Object of the Month: April 2020
Vasiliy Fedotovich Il’in
Object of the Month: March 2020
Edwin Long, R. A.
Object of the Month: February 2020
Hezekiah Tapestry Series
Object of the Month: January 2020
Master of the Borghese Tondo
Object of the Month: December 2019
John Koch
Object of the Month: November 2019
Bone Casket
Object of the Month: October 2019
Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti
Object of the Month: September 2019
Richard Houston (engraver)
Object of the Month: August 2019
Object of the Month: July 2019
Salvator Rosa
Object of the Month: June 2019
Pietro Novelli
Object of the Month: May 2019
Johann Friedrich Overbeck
Benjamin West, P. R. A.
Object of the Month: March 2019
Gaspar de Crayer
Object of the Month: February 2019
Lucas Cranach, the Younger
Object of the Month: January 2019
Object of the Month: December 2018
Frans Francken, the Younger
Object of the Month: November 2018
Object of the Month: October 2018
Eyre Crowe
Gustave Doré
Object of the Month: September 2018
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
Object of the Month: August 2018
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Edward Matthew Ward, R.A.
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Bone Casket

Casket

Unknown Flemish, 15th century

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