Robbia, Luca della (1400-1482) La Natività (The Nativity) c.1460 Glazed terracotta, 56.5 x 47.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
La Natività (c.1460)
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Madonna and Child with Angels (after 1479)
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Madonna and Child with Angels after 1479 Oil on panel, 57.6 x 46.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the tradition of his Flemish predecessors, Memling‘s painting contains a wealth of religious meaning; it is filled with symbols…
Madonna col Bambino in trono (c.1420)
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna col Bambino in trono (Madonna and Child Enthroned) c.1420 Tempera on poplar panel, 95.7 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman, holding a baby in her lap, sits on a wide bench…
Madonna col Bambino (c.1505-1510)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1505–1510 Oil on poplar panel, 84.8 x 68.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
San Francisco Javier (c.1670)
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) San Francisco Javier (Saint Francis Xavier) c.1670 Oil on canvas, 216.7 x 162.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Testa d’angelo (c.1445-1450)
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.…
Madonna dell’Umiltà (c.1430)
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Madonna of Humility) c.1430 Tempera on panel, 60.7 x 45.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman sits in the center of this vertical panel painting and gazes down at a baby lying across…
La crocifissione (mid-1450s)
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) probably mid-1450s Tempera on wood, gold ground, 45.7 x 27.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Uccello is best known for his battle scenes for the Medici palace and for frescoes in the…
Natività (c.1473-1475)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività (The Nativity) c.1473–1475 Fresco transferred to canvas, 161.3 x 137.2 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Sandro Botticelli is arguably the most renowned Renaissance master of the 15th century. The Nativity is not only the sole Botticelli…
Love’s Passing (1883-1884)
De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Love’s Passing 1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 71.7 x 109.8 cm De Morgan Collection The open book shows a passage from Latin poet Tibullus‘s ‘Elegy‘, where the writer imagines dying in his lover’s arms and considers her grief…