Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Caino e Abele (Cain and Abel) 1425–1452 Gilt bronze Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze This is the second panel of the Gates of Paradise, with the story of Cain and Abel. See also: Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Porta del Paradiso 1425–1452…
Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Adamo ed Eva (Adam and Eve) 1425–1452 Gilt bronze Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze This is the first panel of the Gates of Paradise, with the story of Adam and Eve. See also: Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Porta del Paradiso 1425–1452…
Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Porta del Paradiso (Gates of Paradise) 1425–1452 Gilt bronze, 599 × 462 × 245 cm Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze Damaged during the flood of Florence, the original panels, after having been restored, are kept in the…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Incoronazione della Vergine (Coronation of the Virgin) c.1434–1435 Tempera on poplar, 209 x 206 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The miter-shaped cutout of the painted surface at the top is original. Main register of an altarpiece from which elements…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation Diptych c.1433–1435 Oil on panel, left wing: 38.8 x 23.2 cm; right wing: 39 x 24 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This diptych is an outstanding example of grisaille painting. Here, van Eyck deliberately rejects the…
(1389–1464) Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici Cosimo il Vecchio, Pater Patriae Signore di Firenze (1434–1464) Cosimo de’ Medici in Art: Florentine School Medal of Cosimo de’ Medici as Pater Patriae c.1465–1469 Various locations Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin c.1434–1435 Oil on panel, 66 x 62 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted for Nicolas Rolin (around 1376/80-1462), chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy Philippe the Good, to adorn the personal chapel (Saint-Sébastien…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation c.1434–1436 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 90.2 x 34.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Annunciation described by Saint Luke is interpreted in terms of actuality in this painting, which was probably once…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 Oil on oak, 82.2 x 60 cm National Gallery, London This must be one of the most famous paintings in the world, and one of the most intriguing.…
Rulers: • Cosimo de’ Medici, Signore di Firenze (1434-1464) • Juan II, King of Castile and León (1406-1454) • Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Signore di Rimini (1432-1468) Art: • Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455): Incoronazione della Vergine (c.1434-35) • Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455): Madonna dell’Umiltà (c.1433-35) • Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455):…