Tag: Ambrosiana

Adorazione dei Magi (c.1557-1560)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) c.1557–1560 Oil on canvas, 223 × 120 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano Painted around 1559–60, the painting has much in common with Titian’s mature works. The rendering of the sky is interesting, for the…

Uomo in armatura (c.1530)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Uomo in armatura (Man in Armour) c.1530 Oil on canvas, 65 x 58 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano In his Musaeum Federico Borromeo writes that “Titian would have wanted to paint his father like this, armour-clad, to celebrate in a playful…

Canestra di frutta (c.1597-1600)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Canestra di frutta (Basket of Fruit) c.1597–1600 Oil on canvas, 54.5 × 67.5 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano This is probably the most famous painting in the collection of Cardinal Federico Borromeo, which formed the original nucleus of the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana.…

Madonna del padiglione (c.1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna del padiglione (Madonna of the Pavilion) c.1490 Tempera on panel, diameter 65 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano This splendid tondo by Sandro Botticelli, executed with the tip of a brush with a miniaturistic attention, proposes an apparently conventional religious…

Ritratto di musico (c.1485)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Ritratto di Musico (Portrait of a Musician) c.1485 Tempera and oil on panel, 44.7 x 32 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano The only painting on panel by Leonardo to have remained in Milan, this portrait was traditionally thought to…

Pinacoteca Ambrosiana (Milano)

Founded: 1618 Location: Piazza Pio XI 2, 20123, Milano, Italia Website: https://www.ambrosiana.it/ Collection: • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Madonna del padiglione (c.1490) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Canestra di frutta (1597-1600) • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519): Ritratto di musico (c.1485) • Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Adorazione dei Magi (c.1557-60) • Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Uomo…

Milano (Italia)

Highlights: • Banca Commerciale Italiana: Piazza della Scala 6 • Cimitero Monumentale: Piazzale Cimitero Monumentale, 20154 Milano • Santa Maria delle Grazie: Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie 2, 20123 Milano Museums: • Museo Poldi Pezzoli: Via Alessandro Manzoni 12, 20121 Milano • Pinacoteca Ambrosiana: Piazza Pio XI…

Italia

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