Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Madonna col Bambino (Virgin and Child) c.1490–1500 Tempera and oil on wood, 45.5 x 34.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Bernardino di Betto, called Pinturicchio, is said to have acquired his nickname (“little painter”) because of his small…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (Virgin and Child with Two Angels) 1485–1495 Tempera on panel, diameter 34.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Sandro Botticelli’s works mark the culmination of a mystical religious tradition in the art of…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Sposalizio della Vergine (The Marriage of the Virgin) c.1490–1491 Tempera on panel, 21.6 x 48 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Ritratto di una giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1490–1500 Oil on wood, 58.7 x 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This damaged but evocative portrait has been identified as the widow of the…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Santo Stefano Protomartire (Saint Stephen Protomartyr) c.1490–1493 Tempera and gold on wood, 191 × 56 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Apoteosi di sant’Orsola e delle sue compagne (Apotheosis of Saint Ursula and her companions) 1491 Oil on canvas, 481 x 335 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the nineth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) La Sacra Famiglia (The Holy Family) c.1490–1495 Oil on wood, 80.6 x 64.8 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary holds her clothing out the way as Christ leans towards her to breastfeed, and Saint Joseph dotes upon him.…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) La Visitazione (The Visitation) 1491 Tempera on poplar wood, 172 x 167 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino tra due sante e due angeli (Madonna and Child between two Saints and two Angels) c.1490–1492 Oil on poplar wood, diameter 148 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Long considered a masterpiece of Perugino, the painting would, in…
Bramante (1444-1514) Strada con vari edifici, colonnati e un arco (A street with various buildings, colonnades and an arch) 1475–1510 Engraving, 25.4 × 37.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York