Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Stendardo di San Jacopo (Standard of Saint James) c.1528 Oil on panel, 155.5 x 85.6 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Stendardo di San Jacopo (c.1528)
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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…
Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (c.1440-1460)
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) & Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1440–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 137.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dozens of people line up around a shed-like structure and around stone ruins…
San Benedetto ordina a san Mauro di resuscitare san Placido (c.1445-1450)
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) San Benedetto ordina a san Mauro di resuscitare san Placido (Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus) c.1445–1450 Tempera on panel, 40 x 69.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Two men are situated inside…
Storia di Lucrezia (c.1478-1480)
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Storia di Lucrezia (The Story of Lucretia) c.1478–1480 Tempera on wood, 42 x 126 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The painting shows the death of Roman heroine, Lucretia, faithful, modest wife, raped by the king of the last…
Annunciazione (c.1423-1424)
Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-c.1440) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1423–1424 Tempera on panel, 148.8 x 115.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: on the Virgin’s prayerbook: virgo / [c]oncipiet / [e]t p[a]ri[et] / fili[um et vocabitur nomen eius] em[m]anuel / butirum et…
Trinità (1425-1426)
Masaccio (1401-1428) Trinità (The Holy Trinity) 1425–1426 Fresco, 667 x 317 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze In the third arcade of the left nave, in place of the altar, one can admire the fresco of the Holy Trinity (1425-1426) by Tommaso…
Cacciata di Adamo ed Eva dal paradiso terrestre (c.1424-1428)
Masaccio (1401-1428) Cacciata di Adamo ed Eva dal paradiso terrestre (Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Earthly Paradise) c.1424–1428 (altered in 1680, and restored in 1980) Fresco, 214 x 90 cm Cappella Brancacci, Firenze In 1680 Cosimo III de’ Medici,…
Desco da parto (c.1423)
Masaccio (1401-1428) Desco da parto (Birth plate) c.1423 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 66 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the 15th century, it was customary in Florence to give families a so-called birth plate or desco da parto after the birth of…
Adoration of the Magi (1504)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Adoration of the Magi 1504 Oil on panel, 99 x 113.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze