Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Cosimo I de’ Medici come Orfeo (Portrait of Cosimo I de Medici as Orpheus) c.1537–1539 Oil on panel, 93.7 × 76.4 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici is shown as the mythological musician…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna col Bambino in un paesaggio con Tobiolo e l’angelo (Madonna and Child in a Landscape with Tobias and the Angel) c.1535–1540 Oil on panel, 85.2 x 120.3 x 1.7 cm Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London This painting was described by…
(?-1538) Gregorio Vecellio in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Uomo in armatura c.1530 Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano Died 1538 Son Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Occupation Councillor Soldier
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Pietà c.1530–1540 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 127 x 163 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) La Bella (Portrait of a Lady) 1536–1538 Oil on canvas, 89 × 75.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The female portrait, known by its complimentary epithet “La Bella”, is one of the most famous paintings of the later years of…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Cupido che fabbrica l’arco (Bowcarving Cupid) 1534–1539 Oil on lime, 135.5 × 65 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The inspiration for this painting may have come from a sculpture that Parmigianino may have seen in the Grimani Collection in Venice in…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Crucifixion 1538 Oil on panel, 121.1 × 82.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this crowded scene, traditional vignettes from the Crucifixion story surround the central figure of Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus’s…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Presentazione della Vergine al Tempio (Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple) 1534–1538 Oil on canvas, 335 x 775 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Madonna dal collo lungo (Long-necked Madonna) 1534–1540 Oil on panel, 216.5 x 132.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of a Hanseatic Merchant 1538 Oil on panel, 49.6 × 39 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven