Tag: angel

Adorazione dei pastori (c.1496)

Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) c.1496 Oil on wood, 215 × 170.2 cm National Gallery, London The focus of this large altarpiece is the tiny infant Christ – he lies on the ground, his head supported…

Madonna col Bambino in trono e due angeli (c.1440)

Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino in trono e due angeli (Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels) c.1440 Tempera and gold on wood, transferred from wood, 122.6 x 62.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Virgin, known as “the…

Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (c.1460-1465)

Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (Madonna and Child with Two Angels) c.1460–1465 Tempera on panel, 95 x 62 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Compare: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e angelo c.1465 Spedale degli Innocenti, Firenze    …

Adorazione del Bambino (c.1475-1480)

Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Adorazione del Bambino (The Adoration of the Child) c.1475–1480 Oil on poplar panel, 81.5 x 56.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A winged angel, a woman, and a baby are gathered on a terrace that overlooks a softly…

Pietà (c.1500)

Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Pietà (The Dead Christ Mourned by Nicodemus and Two Angels) c.1500 Oil on panel, 17.5 x 33.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Angelo adorante (c.1495)

Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Angelo adorante (An Angel Adoring) c.1495 Tempera on wood, 55.9 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London This painting is a damaged fragment of a larger composition by the Florentine painter Filippino Lippi. The original appearance of the complete picture…

Sant’Anna Metterza (c.1424-1425)

Masaccio (1401-1428) & Masolino (c.1383-c.1440) Sant’Anna Metterza (Saint Anna, the Madonna with Child and five angels) c.1424–1425 Tempera on panel, 175 x 103 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The term ‘Metterza’ comes from the Tuscan dialect and means ‘mi è terza’ (“I…