Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Morte della Vergine (Death of the Virgin) c.1462 Oil on wood, 54.5 x 42 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary lies on her deathbed, surrounded by eleven Apostles. Through the window, the Borgo di San Giorgio and…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Allegoria sacra (Sacred Allegory) c.1490–1500 Oil on wood panel, 73 x 119 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze One of the most enigmatic and fascinating works of the Italian Renaissance, this painting by Bellini shows the Madonna seated on…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Santi Cristoforo, Girolamo e Ludovico di Tolosa (Sts Christopher, Jerome and Louis of Toulouse) 1513 Oil on panel, 300 x 185 cm San Giovanni Crisostomo, Venezia
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the Meadow) c.1500–1505 Oil on synthetic panel, transferred from wood, 66.5 × 85.1 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary adores the Christ Child sleeping on her lap. Giovanni Bellini was one of…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (San Zaccaria Altarpiece) 1505 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 402 x 273 cm San Zaccaria, Venezia
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Doge Leonardo Loredan 1501–1502 Oil on poplar, 61.4 x 44.5 cm National Gallery, London Leonardo Loredan knows that he is being looked at, but he does not return our gaze. He is the doge, the ruler of the…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) San Francesco in estasi (St Francis in Ecstasy) c.1475–1480 Oil on panel, 124.1 × 140.5 cm Frick Collection, New York Details of Giovanni Bellini’s birth and early life remain largely unknown. He grew up in Venice, his likely…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna con Bambino (Samuel H. Kress Collection) 1480–1485 Oil on panel, 52.3 x 41.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up, a young woman holds a baby up against her chest in this vertical…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Continenza di Scipione (Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio) after 1506 Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 356.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius (236-183 BC)
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Ritratto di condottiero (Giovanni Emo) 1475–1480 Oil on panel transferred to canvas mounted on panel, 48.9 x 34.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the chest up against a black background, a man with peachy skin wears…