Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) La Sacra Famiglia con Santa Maria Maddalena (The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen) c.1495–1500 Distemper on canvas, 57.2 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this late picture by Mantegna was inspired…
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) 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…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Resurrezione di Cristo (Resurrection of Christ) 1499–1502 Oil on wood panel, 56.5 x 47 cm Museu de Arte, São Paulo Ever since he began his training in the workshop of Pietro Perugino (1446–1524), Raphael Sanzio circulated in the court…
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”. See also: Turner, Joseph (1775-1851) A Copy of Michelangelo’s Pieta 1827 Tate Britain, London
(1499–1552) Katharina von Bora in Film: Luther 2003 Director: Eric Till Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina Born January 29 1499 Lippendorf, Saxony (Germany) Died December 20 1552 Torgau, Saxony (Germany) Husband Martin Luther (1483-1546)
(1499–1543) Maria Magdalena Romola Salviati Maria Salviati in Art: Pontormo (1494-1557) Ritratto di Maria Salviati con Giulia de’ Medici c.1539 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di donna anziana con libro c.1540 Legion of Honor, San Francisco Born July 17…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Allegoria sacra (Sacred Allegory) c.1490–1500 Oil on wood panel, 73 x 119 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze One of the most enigmatic and fascinating works of the Italian Renaissance, this painting by Bellini shows the Madonna seated on…
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…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Isabella d’Este 1499–1500 Black and red chalk, yellow pastel chalk on paper, 63 x 46.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Portrait of Isabella d’Este executed by Leonardo da Vinci during his visit to Mantua, after leaving…