Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Assunzione della Vergine (Assumption of the Virgin) 1600–1602 Oil on wood, 245 × 155 cm Cappella Cerasi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma
Assunzione della Vergine (1600-1602)
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La Asunción de la Virgen (1577-1579)
El Greco (1541-1614) La Asunción de la Virgen (The Assumption of the Virgin) 1577–1579 Oil on canvas, 403.2 × 211.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting was the central element of the altarpiece that was El Greco’s first major…
L’Immacolata Concezione (1767-1769)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) L’Immacolata Concezione (The Immaculate Conception) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 281 x 155 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This majestic image was part of a cycle of seven altarpieces commissioned in 1767 for the new royal church of…
Sant’Antonio di Padova con Gesù Bambino (1767-1769)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Sant’Antonio di Padova con Gesù Bambino (St. Anthony of Padua and the Child Jesus) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 225 x 176 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) wears a Franciscan habit and meditates…
San Girolamo penitente (1556-1561)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) San Girolamo penitente (Penitent Saint Jerome) 1556–1561 Oil on canvas, 235 x 125 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting was made for the altar of Santa Maria Nuova, in Venice, around the mid-1550s; it arrived in Brera…
Sant’Elena, Santa Barbara, Sant’Andrea, San Macario, un altro santo e un devoto adorano la croce (c.1560)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Sant’Elena, Santa Barbara, Sant’Andrea, San Macario, un altro santo e un devoto adorano la croce (Saint Helen, Barbara, Andrew, Macarius, another Saint and a Devote in Adoration of the Cross) c.1560 Oil on canvas, 275 x 165…
San Bernardino da Siena e angeli (1469)
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) San Bernardino da Siena e angeli (Saint Bernardine of Siena and Angels) 1469 Mixed media on canvas, 385 x 220 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano This is Mantegna‘s first single-space altarpiece and may have been commissioned by…
Pala di Castelfranco (1503-1504)
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Pala di Castelfranco (Castelfranco Madonna) c.1503–1504 Oil on panel, 200 x 152 cm Duomo, Castelfranco Veneto
San Gregorio e Santi (1625-1626)
Guercino (1591-1666) San Gregorio e Santi (Saint Gregory the Great with Saints Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier) c.1625–1626 Oil on canvas, 296 x 211 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece commemorates one of the most important events of the papacy…
Visione di Sant’Agostino (c.1480-1482)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Visione di Sant’Agostino (Vision of St. Augustine) c.1480–1482 Oil on panel, 20 x 38 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Predella of the Altarpiece of St. Barnabas. Altarpiece of St. Barnabas: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di San Barnaba c.1480–1482 Galleria degli…