Tag: 1476

Giuliano de’ Medici (c.1475-1478)

Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Giuliano de’ Medici c.1475–1478 Terracotta, 61 x 66 x 28.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Verrocchio, a favorite artist of the Medici, may have created this lively and commanding portrait on the occasion of a joust…

Simonetta Cattaneo Vespucci

(1453–1476) Simonetta Vespucci in Art: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane donna c.1475–1480 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin     Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Primavera c.1480 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze     Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci c.1480–1485 Städel Museum, Frankfurt     Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Prove di Mosè…

Ritratto d’uomo (1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1476 Oil on panel, 37.4 x 29.5 cm Museo Civico d’Arte Antica, Torino The painted cartouche bears the date and the name of the artist. The man who looks at us with…

Ritratto d’uomo (1475-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1475–1476 Oil on poplar, 35.6 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London This small painting shows how Antonello revolutionised Venetian portraiture in the late fifteenth century: the three-quarter pose, dark background and…

Ritratto d’uomo (c.1472-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1472–1476 Oil on panel, 27.5 x 21 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Antonello da Messina, who according to Vasari learned the technique of oil painting directly from Van Eyck during a trip…

Ritratto d’uomo (c.1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1476 Oil and tempera on panel, 31 x 25.2 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma As is usual with Antonello’s portraiture, the figure is depicted in a three-quarter-length view of a half-bust against…