San Cristoforo (c.1473)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) San Cristoforo (Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ) c.1473 Fresco, 284.5 x 149.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This imposing, well-preserved mural is an early work by Ghirlandaio, one of the most popular painters in late-fifteenth-century…

Ritratto d’uomo (c.1477-1478)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1477–1478 Tempera on wood, 54.6 x 44.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The identity of the sitter of this portrait is unknown. It is an early work by Ghirlandaio, and…

La Visitazione (1491)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) La Visitazione (The Visitation) 1491 Tempera on poplar wood, 172 x 167 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

Ritratto di vecchio con nipote (1490)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Ritratto di vecchio con nipote (Portrait of an Old Man with his Grandson) 1490 Tempera on poplar wood, 62.7 x 46.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris It has sometimes been proposed to identify the old man with a…

Domenico Ghirlandaio

(1448–1494) Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi Domenico Bigordi, called “il Ghirlandaio” The artist’s works: Madonna col Bambino c.1470–1475 National Gallery of Art, Washington San Cristoforo c.1473 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madonna col bambino c.1475–1480 Musée du Louvre, Paris Ritratto…

Isabella d’Este, marchesa di Mantova (c.1534-1536)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Isabella d’Este, marchesa di Mantova (Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua) c.1534–1536 Oil on canvas, 102.4 × 64.7 × 2.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Isabella d’Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara and Modena, married Francesco I Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua…

Beatrice d’Este

(1475–1497) Duchess of Bari (1491–1497) Duchess of Milan (1494–1497) Lady of Genova (1494–1497)   Born June 29 1475 Ferrara (Italia) Died January 2 1497 Milano (Italia) Cause of death Childbirth Buried Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milano) Husband (1491-1497) Ludovico Sforza…