Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Girolamo (Saint Jerome) c.1498–1505 Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel), 44.5 x 26 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Botticelli’s work originally consisted of four parts: the two central ones carrying an Annunciation scene and the side wings with…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Domenico (Saint Dominic) c.1498–1505 Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel), 44.5 x 26 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Botticelli’s work originally consisted of four parts: the two central ones carrying an Annunciation scene and the side wings with…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Pietà 1498–1499 Carrara marble, 174 x 195 cm San Pietro, Vaticano Michelangelo’s only signature, carved across the Virgin’s sash: “Michael. Agelus. Bonarotus Florent Faciebat”. Detail: A photograph by Aurelio Amendola, from the book “Michelangelo: La Dotta Mano”. See also:…
(1498–1526) Lodovico de’ Medici Born April 6 1498 Forlì (Italia) Died November 30 1526 Mantova (Italia) Cause of death Sepsis Wife Maria Salviati (1499-1543) Son Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-1574) Granddaughter Bia de’ Medici (c.1537-1542) Daughter-in-law Eleonora di Toledo…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Vergine delle rocce (Virgin of the Rocks) c.1491–1499 and 1506–1508 Oil on poplar, thinned and cradled, 189.5 x 120 cm National Gallery, London Full title: The Virgin with the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) L’Ultima Cena (The Last Supper) 1498 Tempera on plaster, 460 x 880 cm Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milano
Rulers: • Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), Pope (1492-1503) • Fernando II, King of Sicily (1468-1516) • Fernando II, King of Castile and León (1475-1504) • Fernando II, King of Aragón, Majorca, Sardinia and Valencia (1479-1516) • Fernando II, Count of…