Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) Scene della vita di san Girolamo (Scenes from the Life of Saint Jerome) c.1490 Tempera on poplar, 235 × 258 cm National Gallery, London Francesco Botticini’s S. Gerolamo Altarpiece is named after Saint Jerome (who appears at its centre) and…
Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) Pala di San Gerolamo (S. Gerolamo Altarpiece) c.1490 Tempera on poplar, 235 × 258 cm National Gallery, London The S. Gerolamo Altarpiece, named after the saint prominently depicted at its centre and the church where it originally stood, is…
Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) San Girolamo in penitenza con santi e donatori (Saint Jerome in Penitence with Saints and Donors) c.1490 Tempera on poplar, 235 × 258 cm National Gallery, London This is the main panel of the S. Gerolamo Altarpiece, one of…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Madonna con Bambino e i Santi Domenico e Giacinto (Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth) 1730–1735 Oil on canvas, 274.3 × 137.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this altarpiece, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo conceived the…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Madonna con Bambino in gloria e Santi (Virgin and Child in Glory with Six Saints) c.1528 Oil on panel, 209 x 176 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This is the central panel of the Pala di Gambassi, commissioned…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Lucrezia di Lippo di Iacopo Guidi c.1525–1528 Oil on panel, 22.5 × 15.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Andrea del Sarto created this portrait to be incorporated, together with the Portrait of Becuccio Bicchieraio, in the predella…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico da Gambassi (or Becuccio Bicchieraio) c.1525–1528 Oil on panel, 22.5 × 15.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Andrea del Sarto created this portrait to be incorporated, together with the Portrait of Becuccio Bicchieraio’s wife, in the…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico di Jacopo di Matteo, called ‘Becuccio Bicchieraio’ c.1528–1530 Oil on panel, 86 x 67 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Compare: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico da Gambassi c.1525–1528 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Gambassi,…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) La vocazione degli apostoli Pietro e Andrea (The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew) 1308–1311 Tempera on panel, 42.7 × 45.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting was part of the predella (the bottom tier)…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Testa d’angelo (Head of an Angel) c.1445–1450 Tempera and oil on panel, 17.1 x 14 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This small panel is a portion of an altarpiece depicting the Virgin and Christ Child, now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.…