Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1517–1518 Oil on linen, 72.4 x 57.2 cm National Gallery, London We have interrupted a young man reading; he turns to look over his shoulder at us. The unguarded look…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Madonna col Bambino, sant’Elisabetta e il Battista (The Madonna and Child with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist) c.1513 Oil on wood, 106 x 81.3 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary is seated with her…
(1486–1530) Andrea d’Agnolo di Francesco di Luca di Paolo del Migliore Vannucchi The artist’s works: L’Arcangelo Raffaele con Tobia 1512 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Madonna col Bambino e i Santi Caterina, Elisabetta e Giovanni Battista 1513 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Madonna col Bambino,…
(1423–1497) Antonio di Tuccio Manetti Works: • Novella del Grasso legnaiuolo (Italian) • Studi sulla Divina commedia (Italian) • Vita di Filippo di ser Brunellesco architetto fiorentino (Italian) Born July 6 1423 Firenze (Italia) Died May 26 1497 Firenze (Italia) Occupation Architect…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Lamentation over the Dead Christ 1601–1602 Oil on canvas, 180 x 136 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma While in the past this Lamentation over the Dead Christ was ascribed to Antoon Van Dyck, today critics agree that it…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Ritratto di fanciullo (Portrait of a Boy) c.1623–1625 Oil on canvas, 33 x 28 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This painting came from the collection of Prince Chigi. It was purchased by the Italian state in 1919 to be…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Madonna con Bambino tra i Santi Ignazio di Antiochia e Onofrio (Madonna and Child between Saints Ignatius of Antioch and Onuphrius) 1508 Oil on panel, 53 x 67 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This signed and dated painting in its…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di uomo (Portrait of a Man, Mercurio Bua) c.1535 Oil on canvas, 118 x 105 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The character, long believed to be a self-portrait of the artist, is depicted inside a closed environment, the…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Cristo Redentore benedicente (Christ the Redeemer blessing) c.1505–1506 Oil on panel, 31.5 x 25.5 cm Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia The painting was one of the first purchases made by Paolo Tosio, who had recently begun to build his collection.…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Adorazione dei pastori (Adoration of the shepherds) c.1534 Oil on canvas, 147 x 166 cm Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia