Tag: 1506

Madonna col Bambino (c.1505-1507)

Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1505–1507 Oil and gold on wood, 51.4 x 47.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The artist gave this painting to his daughter as a gift in 1507, possibly to celebrate the…

Cristoforo Colombo

(1451–1506) Christophorus Columbus Works: • La lettera dell’isole che ha trovato nuovamente el Re di Spagna (1495) • Lettera ai Reali di Spagna (1493) • Lettere autografe edite ed inedite di Cristoforo Colombo (Italian) • The authentic letters of Columbus…

Jesus among the Doctors (1506)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Jesus among the Doctors 1506 Oil on panel, 64.3 x 80.3 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Dürer was the leading representative of German Renaissance art, and a key advocate of new ideas in Northern Europe. This panel was executed…

Il Tramonto (1506-1510)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Il Tramonto (The Sunset) 1506–1510 Oil on canvas, 73.3 cm x 91.4 cm National Gallery, London The meaning of this scene, which takes place in a rocky landscape at sunset or sunrise, is difficult to decipher, largely because…

Adorazione dei pastori Allendale (1505-1510)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Adorazione dei pastori Allendale (The Adoration of the Shepherds) 1505–1510 Oil on panel, 90.8 x 110.5 cm cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Four people with pale skin are gathered to our right in a landscape, their heads…

Laura (1506)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Laura 1506 Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 41 cm × 33.6 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna See also: • Noves, Laura de (1310-1348)