Tag: angel

Allegoria della Salvezza (c.1521)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Allegoria della Salvezza (Allegory of Salvation with the Virgin and Christ Child, St. Elizabeth, the Young St. John the Baptist and Two Angels) c.1521 Oil on panel, 161.29 × 119.38 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los…

La fuga in Egitto (1701)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) 1701 Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 48.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1692 Giordano was summoned to Spain as court painter to King Charles II. Charles was succeeded in…

Annunciazione (1672)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) 1672 Oil on canvas, 236.5 x 169.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Giordano was the leading painter in Naples in the late seventeenth century and one of the most sought-after Italian artists of…

Incoronazione della Vergine (c.1420)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Incoronazione della Vergine (Coronation of the Virgin) c.1420 Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 93 × 64.1 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles The mood is one of lavish ceremony, as Christ places an ornate gold crown upon…

Polittico di Valle Romita (c.1408)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Polittico di Valle Romita (Valle Romita Polyptych) c.1408 Tempera on panel, 157.2 x 79.6 (central panel) 117.5 x 40 cm (lower side panels) 48.9 x 37.8 cm (upper side panels) Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Perhaps dismembered as…

Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (c.1400-1410)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (Madonna and Child Enthroned, Saint Nicholas of Bari, Saint Catherine of Alexandria and a donor) c.1400–1410 Tempera and gold on poplar, 133.4 x 115 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION:…

Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (1547-1548)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria) 1547–1548 Oil on canvas, 145.5 × 205 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina c.1547–1550 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven…