Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Due Apostoli (Two Apostles) Late 16th century Oil on canvas, 47 x 38.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This painting is likely a fragment of (or perhaps a study for) a larger painting of the Last Supper. Although the…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Madonna della Vittoria (The Virgin of Victory) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on poplar, 285 x 168 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The Virgin and Child surrounded by six saints (Michael, Andrew, Longinus, George, Elizabeth, the young…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Santi Andrea e Tommaso (Saints Andrew and Thomas) before 1627 Oil on canvas, 61.5 × 78.1 cm National Gallery, London Gian Lorenzo Bernini was one of the most successful sculptors and architects of seventeenth-century Rome. This image…
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)…
Raffaello (1483-1520) La pesca miracolosa (The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, Luke 5: 1-11) c.1515–1516 Cartoon for a tapestry, 322 × 401 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Raphael Cartoons are designs for tapestries and were commissioned from Raphael by Pope Leo…
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Andrés (Saint Andrew) 1635–1640 Oil on canvas, 146 x 61 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Martirio di sant’Andrea (The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew) 1628 Oil on canvas, 206.1 × 177.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Seventeenth-century Naples was, according to many, hell upon earth. Impoverished by Spanish rule, the life of the…
Pontormo (1494-1557) Madonna col Bambino, sant’Anna e quattro santi (Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and four saints) 1527–1529 Oil on wood, 228 x 176 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
El Greco (1541-1614) Attributed El Apóstol San Andrés (Apostle Saint Andrew) c.1610–1614 Oil on canvas, 74.9 x 58.4 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
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…