Painting Guides

Read paintings through their subjects, documented identities and collection records. Each guide links to the sources used and to relevant parts of the catalogue.

• Last Supper vs Supper at Emmaus

  Distinguish the Last Supper from Emmaus through their Gospel settings and paintings by Ugolino di Nerio and Caravaggio.

• Pietà, Lamentation and Entombment: What Is the Difference?

  Compare mourning and burial after the Crucifixion, and see why Pietà and Lamentation can overlap in museum titles.

• Devotional Images of Christ: Identifying the Type

  Compare Salvator Mundi, Man of Sorrows and Ecce Homo using named museum examples and the distinction between subject and devotional purpose.