Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Assunzione della Vergine con i Santi Michele e Benedetto (The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Michael and Benedict) c.1493–1496 Oil and gold on wood, 170.8 x 131.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This altarpiece combines…
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.…
(1448–1494) Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi Domenico Bigordi, called “il Ghirlandaio” The artist’s works: Madonna col Bambino c.1470–1475 National Gallery of Art, Washington San Cristoforo c.1473 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madonna col bambino c.1475–1480 Musée du Louvre, Paris Ritratto…
(1452–1508) Ludovico Maria Sforza, called Ludovico il Moro Duke of Bari (1479–1499) Duke of Milan (1494–1499) Lord of Genova (1494–1499) Ludovico il Moro in Art: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Ritratto di musico c.1485 Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano Works commissioned by him:…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino e due sante (Madonna and Child with Two Saints) c.1493–1495 Oil on poplar wood, 86.5 × 63 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna “PETRUS PERUSINUS PINXIT” reads the signature placed bottom left in this half-length composition. Perugino‘s handling of…
(1441–1494) Matteo Maria Boiardo, Conte di Scandiano Works: • Orlando innamorato (Italian) • Orlando Innamorato (English) Born 1441 Scandiano (Italia) Died December 19 1494 Reggio Emilia (Italia) Occupation Poet Writer
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
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Sant’Agostino nello studio (St. Augustine in His Cell) c.1490–1494 Tempera on panel, 41 x 27 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Augustine of Hippo
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala delle Convertite (The Trinity with Saints Mary Magdalen and John the Baptist) c.1491–1494 Tempera on panel, 215 x 192 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The Trinity with Saints is one of the most important paintings by Botticelli…
(1454–1494) Poliziano in Art: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi c.1475 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Humanists | Playwrights | Poets | Scholars | Writers