Tag: arch

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…

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…

Banchetto di Erode (c.1435)

Donatello (1386-1466) Banchetto di Erode (The Banquet of Herod) c.1435 Marble, 50 x 71.3 x 5 cm Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille In this work, Donatello, one of the greatest Renaissance sculptors, used the rilievo stiacciato (flattened relief) technique that he himself…

La Visitazione (1491)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) La Visitazione (The Visitation) 1491 Tempera on poplar wood, 172 x 167 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris