Category: Sculptors

Lorenzo di Credi

(c.1459–1537) Lorenzo d’Andrea d’Oderigo The artist’s works: Madonna della melagrana 1475–1480 National Gallery of Art, Washington Annunciazione 1480–1490 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Madonna col Bambino c.1480–1485 National Gallery, London Madonna che adora il Bambino early 1490s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ritratto di…

Andrea del Verrocchio

(1435–1488) Andrea di Michele di Francesco de’ Cioni, called “Il Verrocchio” The artist’s works: San Girolamo c.1460 Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Studio di panneggio late 1460s-early 1470s Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago David c.1466–1469 Museo del Bargello, Firenze Madonna col Bambino e due angeli c.1467–1469…

Lorenzo Ghiberti

(1378–1455) Lorenzo di Bartolo The artist’s works: Sacrificio di Isacco 1401 Museo del Bargello, Firenze Abramo 1425–1452 Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze Adamo ed Eva 1425–1452 Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze Caino e Abele 1425–1452 Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze Davide 1425–1452 Battistero di…

Phidias

(c.480 BC-430 BC) Φειδίας Phidias in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Étude pour Phidias dans L’Apothéose d’Homère 1827 San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego     Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris   Born c.480 BC…

Camille Claudel

(1864–1943) Camille-Rosalie Claudel The artist’s works: Jeune Romain ou Mon Frère c.1882 Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine Auguste Rodin c.1884–1885 Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine Femme accroupie c.1884–1885 Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine L’Abandon c.1886 Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine Portrait de Rodin 1888–1889 Musée Rodin, Paris Auguste Rodin…

Giorgio de Chirico

(1888–1978) Giuseppe Maria Alberto Giorgio de Chirico The artist’s works: Autoritratto 1912–1913 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York La conquista del filosofo 1913–1914 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago La tour rouge 1913 Guggenheim Museum, New York L’angoscia della partenza 1913–1914 Buffalo AKG Art…

Antonio Canova

(1757–1822) Marchese d’Ischia The artist’s works: Euridice 1775–1776 Museo Correr, Venezia Orfeo 1775–1776 Museo Correr, Venezia Dedalo e Icaro 1777–1779 Museo Correr, Venezia Orfeo 1777 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Teseo sul Minotauro 1782 Victoria and Albert Museum, London Amore e Psiche che si abbracciano 1787–1793…

Leonardo da Vinci

(1452–1519) Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci The artist’s works: Battesimo di Cristo c.1470–1475 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Annunciazione c.1472 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Ginevra de’ Benci c.1474 National Gallery of Art, Washington Madonna Benois 1478–1480 Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg Adorazione…

Eugène Cyrille Brunet

(1828–1921) Louis-Jean Delton or Jean Delton Jr., Visiting card portrait of Eugène Cyrille Brunet (around 1875), Manet Album, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Brunet in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) La Musique aux Tuileries 1862 National Gallery, London   Wife Caroline Brunet, née…

Honoré Daumier

(1808–1879) Honoré-Victorin Daumier The artist’s works: Le Cauchemar published 1832 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Souvenirs 1840 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Pygmalion 1841–1843 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Nayades de la Seine 1847 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Saltimbanques errantes 1847–1850 National Gallery of Art, Washington…