Tag: 1554

Perseo con la testa di Medusa (1545-1554)

Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Perseo con la testa di Medusa (Perseus with the Head of Medusa) 1545–1554 Bronze, h. 519 cm Piazza della Signoria, Firenze Compare: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Perseo con la testa della Medusa 1804–1806 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York  …

Giuditta e Oloferne (c.1554)

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith and Holofernes) c.1554 Oil on panel, 108 x 79.7 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis This biblical heroine’s strong arms and angled shoulders create lively diagonal lines that enhance her exaggerated musculature. Judith…

Gregorius XV (Papa)

(1554–1623) Alessandro Ludovisi Pope Gregory XV (1621–1623) Alessandro Ludovisi in Art: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Busto di papa Gregorio XV 1621 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto     Guercino (1591-1666) Papa Gregorio XV c.1622–1623 Getty Center, Los Angeles     Guercino (1591-1666) San Gregorio…

Ester e Assuero (1552-1555)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ester e Assuero (Esther before Ahasuerus) 1552–1555 Oil on canvas, 59 x 203 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of seven canvases (P00386, P00388, P00389, P00393, P00394, P00395, P00396) in a group linked by the…

Susanna e i Vecchioni (1552-1555)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i Vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1552–1555 Oil on canvas, 58 x 116 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This canvas is part of a group of six paintings: Susannah and the Elders (P386), Esther and…

Giuditta e Oloferne (1552-1555)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith and Holofernes) 1552–1555 Oil on canvas, 58 x 119 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of seven canvases (P00386, P00388, P00389, P00393, P00394, P00395, P00396) in a group linked by the…

Ritratto di giovane uomo (1550-1555)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) 1550–1555 Oil on wood, 75 x 57.5 cm National Gallery, London It has previously been thought that this portrait may represent one of the elder sons of Duke Cosimo…