San Giuda Taddeo by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (1682 or 1683–1754) was an Italian rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes.

Painting: St. Jude (Thaddeus) by Domenico Fetti

Domenico Fetti (also spelled Feti, 1589–1623) was an Italian Baroque painter active mainly in Rome, Mantua and Venice.

St. Jude Thaddeus by Georges de La Tour

It is important to see how art is applied to religious or historical icons. The perspectives of artists tells us much about how these figures are viewed in and over time. Last week, I presented a painting of St. Jude by Sir Anthony van Dyck, a Flemish Baroque artist.

This week, I present a painting of the saint by Georges de La Tour (1593–1652), a painter who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which became part of France the year before his death. He painted mostly religious scenes lit by candlelight, and after centuries of posthumous obscurity became one of the most highly regarded of French 17th century artists in the 20th century.

Painting: St. Jude Thaddeus by El Greco

El Greco (1541–1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos).

San Giuda Taddeo by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (1682 or 1683–1754) was an Italian rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes.

St. Jude Thaddeus by Georges de La Tour

It is important to see how art is applied to religious or historical icons. The perspectives of artists tells us much about how these figures are viewed in and over time. Last week, I presented a painting of St. Jude by Sir Anthony van Dyck, a Flemish Baroque artist.

This week, I present a painting of the saint by Georges de La Tour (1593–1652), a painter who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which became part of France the year before his death. He painted mostly religious scenes lit by candlelight, and after centuries of posthumous obscurity became one of the most highly regarded of French 17th century artists in the 20th century.

St. Jude (Thaddeus) by Anthony van Dyck

Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of King Charles I of England and Scotland and his family and court, painted with a relaxed elegance that was to be the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. He also painted biblical and mythological subjects, displayed outstanding facility as a draftsman, and was an important innovator in watercolor and etching.

San Giuda Taddeo by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (1682 or 1683–1754) was an Italian rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes.

San Giuda Taddeo (St. Jude Thaddeus) by Bicci di Lorenzo

Bicci di Lorenzo (1373-1452) was an Italian painter and sculptor, active in Florence.

Painting: St. Jude (Thaddeus) by Domenico Fetti

Domenico Fetti (also spelled Feti, 1589–1623) was an Italian Baroque painter active mainly in Rome, Mantua and Venice.

Painting: St. Jude Thaddeus by El Greco

El Greco (1541–1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos).

St. Jude (Thaddeus) by Anthony van Dyck

It is important to see how art is applied to religious or historical icons. The perspectives of artists tells us much about how these figures are viewed in and over time. Last week, I presented a painting of St. Jude by Sir Anthony van Dyck, a Flemish Baroque artist.

This week, I present a painting of the saint by Georges de La Tour (1593–1652), a painter who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which became part of France the year before his death. He painted mostly religious scenes lit by candlelight, and after centuries of posthumous obscurity became one of the most highly regarded of French 17th century artists in the 20th century.

Image: St. Jude

Painting: St. Jude Thaddeus by Anonymous

c. 1750

St. Jude Thaddeus by Simone Martini

Simone Martini (1284–1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. It is thought that Martini was a pupil of Duccio di Buoninsegna, the leading Sienese painter of his time. His brother-in-law was the artist Lippo Memmi. Very little documentation survives regarding Simone's life, and many attributions are debated by art historians. Simone Martini died while in the service of the Papal court at Avignon in 1344.

San Giuda Taddeo by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (1682 or 1683–1754) was an Italian rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes.

St. Jude Thaddeus by Lorenzo Ottoni

St. Jude Thaddeus by Lorenzo Ottoni (1648-1736), in the Nave of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome.

Painting: St. Jude Thaddeus by Hans Baldung

Hans Baldung, known as Hans Baldung Grien/Grün (1480-1545), a German Renaissance artist as a painter and printmaker in woodcut, was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer.

Painting: St. Jude (Thaddeus) by Domenico Fetti

Domenico Fetti (also spelled Feti, 1589–1623) was an Italian Baroque painter active mainly in Rome, Mantua and Venice.

Painting: St. Jude Thaddeus by El Greco

El Greco (1541–1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos).