Tag: 1480

Giuliano de’ Medici (1478-1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Giuliano de’ Medici c.1478–1480 Tempera on panel, 75.5 x 52.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the chest up, a man with pale, yellow-tinged skin is angled to our right with downcast eyes in this vertical portrait…

Ritratto di Giuliano de’ Medici (c.1478-1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Giuliano de’ Medici (Portrait of Giuliano de’ Medici) c.1478–1480 Tempera on panel, 59.5 x 39.3 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo Initiated by his father into the profession of goldsmith and from Filippo Lippi to that of painter,…

Madonna del Libro (1480-1481)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna del Libro (Madonna of the Book) 1480–1481 Tempera on panel, 58 x 39.6 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano This painting depicts the Virgin and Child reading a book that is only partially visible. The layout and decoration of…

Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (c.1480-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci) c.1480–1485 Mixed technique on poplar, 81.3 x 50 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Idealised Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph) The fantastical accoutrements in this larger-than-life-size half-length painting…

Ritratto di giovane donna (1475-1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1475–1480 Oil on poplar, 55.4 x 43 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin See also: • Vespucci, Simonetta (1453-1476)

Adorazione dei Magi (1478-1482)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1478–1482 Tempera and oil on panel, 68 x 102 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About three dozen people gather in a grassy field to either side of a crumbling structure to…

Primavera (c.1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Primavera (Allegory of Spring) c.1480 Tempera on panel, 207 x 319 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This painting, usually known as the Primavera [or ‘Spring’] shows nine figures from classic mythology advancing over a flowery lawn in a grove…

Ritratto di giovane (c.1475-1480)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1475–1480 Tempera and oil on panel, 33 x 24.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Attributed to Antonello da Messina. Shown from the chest up, a clean shaven, young…