Saint Matthew Size:8" x 10" This Virgin of the Adoption

This Virgin of the Adoption was not intended for public display and it is most likely to have been commissioned for private use by the collector Roland-Gosselin

This shatteringly beautiful piece by the Pre-Raphaelite master John Everett Millais was produced during the middle years of the Crimean War

• Hand-stretched over solid wood stretcher bars

Varying records tell of him being flayed alive and others recount his crucifixion

Saint Matthew Size:8" x 10" This Virgin of the AdoptionAn excellent painting of the tax collector turned saint. The startling detailed nature of the image make is almost seem to be a portrait of the learned apostle. Jusepe de Ribera was a Spanish Italian Tenebrist painter and printmaker, also known as Jos de Ribera and Josep de Ribera. He also was called Lo Spagnoletto by his contemporaries and early writers. Ribera was a leading painter of the Spanish school, although his mature work was all done in