Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Veduta di Pirna con la Fortezza di Sonnenstein (View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein) c.1760 Oil on canvas, 49.3 × 79.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Well trained by his uncle, Canaletto, Bernardo Bellotto quickly established…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Sant’Antonio Abate (Saint Anthony Abbot) 1440–1441 Tempera on panel, 39.4 x 14 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Trained initially as an illuminator, Fra Angelico became a Dominican friar early in his successful career as a painter. This panel…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Pala di Gambassi, Madonna con Bambino in gloria e Santi (Gambassi Altarpiece, Virgin and Child in Glory with Six Saints) 1527–1528 Oil on panel, 209 x 176 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This is the central panel of…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Lucrezia di Lippo di Iacopo Guidi c.1525–1528 Oil on panel, 22.5 × 15.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Andrea del Sarto created this portrait to be incorporated, together with the Portrait of Becuccio Bicchieraio, in the predella…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico da Gambassi (or Becuccio Bicchieraio) c.1525–1528 Oil on panel, 22.5 × 15.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Andrea del Sarto created this portrait to be incorporated, together with the Portrait of Becuccio Bicchieraio’s wife, in the…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico di Jacopo di Matteo, called ‘Becuccio Bicchieraio’ c.1528–1530 Oil on panel, 86 x 67 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Compare: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico da Gambassi c.1525–1528 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Gambassi,…
Domenico di Jacopo di Matteo, called Becuccio Bicchieraio Becuccio in Art: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico da Gambassi c.1525–1528 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Lucrezia di Lippo di Iacopo Guidi c.1525–1528 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago …
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Bowman (frontispiece from The Epic of Kings, Stories Retold from Firdusi) 1882 Etching in black on cream wove paper, 18.7 × 13.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This etching is one of two prints that Sir Lawrence…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Francesco de’ Medici c.1560 Oil on poplar panel, 97.9 × 76.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1587)
Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976) Bathmat (Furnishing Fabric) c.1950s Linen, cotton, and rayon, plain weave; double cloth, 276.6 × 56 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago