Tag: 1527

Sacrificio di Isacco (c.1527)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1527 Oil on wood, 178 x 138 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In this dramatic test of faith from the Old Testament book of Genesis, Abraham agrees to slay his…

Assunta Passerini (c.1526-1528)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Assunta Passerini (The Assumption of the Virgin) c.1526–1528 Oil on panel, 379 × 222 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This large altarpiece, almost 4 meters high and 2 meters wide, represents the miracle of the Assumption of the…

Niccolò Machiavelli

(1469–1527) Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli Works: • Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius (English) • History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy (English) • La mandragola, La Clizia, Belfagor (Italian) • Machiavelli, Volume I (English)…

Ecce Homo (c.1525-1530)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ecce Homo (Christ presented to the People) c.1525–1530 Oil on poplar, 99.7 x 80 cm National Gallery, London Correggio shows Christ bound and crowned with thorns at the moment when he is condemned to be crucified by Pontius Pilate.…

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1527-1529)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1527–1529 Oil on wood, 73 x 58 cm Private collection Compare: Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina c.1527–1531 National Gallery, London     Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina c.1529…

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1527-1531)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1527–1531 Oil on wood, 74.2 x 57.2 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ turns to look back at his mother as he places a ring on Saint Catherine’s finger.…

Visione di san Girolamo (1526-1527)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Visione di san Girolamo (Vision of Saint Jerome) 1526–1527 Oil on poplar, 342.9 x 148.6 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece is the greatest work that Parmigianino painted in Rome. It was commissioned by Maria Bufolina for a burial…

Conversione di san Paolo (c.1527-1528)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Conversione di san Paolo (The Conversion of St Paul) c.1527–1528 Oil on canvas, 177.5 × 128.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna As the Acts of the Apostles recount, Saul was suddenly surrounded by heavenly light on his way to Damascus, where…