Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Cristo in pietà sorretto da due angeli (Christ as the Suffering Redeemer supported by two angels) 1495–1500 Tempera on panel, 78 x 48 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The Gospel according to St. Luke begins its account of…
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…
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…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Madonna col Bambino e i santi Caterina e Giovanni Battista (Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and John the Baptist) c.1496–1500 Oil on panel, 50 x 81 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Incontro e partenza dei fidanzati (Meeting and departure of the fiancés) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 279 x 610 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the fourth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Ritorno degli ambasciatori (The Return of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 297 x 526 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the third of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Commiato degli ambasciatori (The Departure of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 281 x 252 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the second of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Arrivo degli ambasciatori (Arrival of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 278 x 589 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the first of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The paintings…
(1446–1498) Francesco di Giovanni The artist’s works: Madonna col Bambino e due angeli 1465–1475 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Madonna col Bambino e San Giovanni Battista c.1470 Musée du Louvre, Paris Madonna col Bambino, Tobia e Raffaele Arcangelo c.1470 Cleveland Museum of…
(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:…