Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1480–1485 Oil on wood, 71.1 × 49.5 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary is seated directly in front of us. Together with swathes of drapery, she covers almost the…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1480–1490 Stucco, 74 x 52 x 12 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Ritratto di ragazzo (Portrait of a Boy, Guidobaldo Da Montefeltro?) c.1483 Tempera on panel, 41 x 27.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid According to James Dennistoun, this small portrait on panel was in the collection of Giuseppe Crosti,…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Virgin and Child with two Angels 1480–1490 Oil on panel, 36 x 26 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin appears seated in a walled garden, an allusion to the hortus conclusus or enclosed garden, which symbolizes…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1480–1490 Tempera on poplar, 88.9 × 57.8 cm National Gallery, London The Christ Child looks up at the Virgin Mary, raising the index finger of his right hand as though he…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna con Bambino e angelo (Virgin and Child with an Angel) 1475–1485 Tempera on panel, 85.8 × 59.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this humanizing yet idealized depiction of the Virgin Mary embracing the baby Jesus, Sandro…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1483–1484 Tempera, oil, and gold on wood, 81.3 x 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Madonna and Child are shown in a contemporary Florentine palace. Through the window is…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Allegoria dell’Abbondanza (Allegory of Abundance) c.1480–1485 Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on paper, 31.7 x 25.2 cm British Museum, London Abundance or Autumn; female figure wearing classical dress, holding the hand of a putto who holds…
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) 1480–1490 Tempera on panel, 88 x 71 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Santa Maria Maddalena (Saint Mary Magdalene) c.1482–1485 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 95 x 30.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino after the city in which he often lived, collaborated with other celebrated painters in one of…