Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) San Giovanni Battista (Saint John the Baptist) c.1523 Oil on panel, 94 × 68 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze By choosing to depict the sculpted figure of a young Saint John the Baptist standing out against a…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Cristo Redentore benedicente (Christ the Redeemer blessing) c.1505–1506 Oil on panel, 31.5 x 25.5 cm Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia The painting was one of the first purchases made by Paolo Tosio, who had recently begun to build his collection.…
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino e storie della vita di sant’Anna (Madonna with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne) c.1452–1453 Tempera on panel, diameter 135 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This painting, one of the most original…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Madonna col Bambino e i santi Girolamo e Domenico (The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Dominic) c.1485 Oil and tempera on poplar, 203.2 x 186.1 cm National Gallery, London Predella: The Rucellai coat of arms. Saint Francis…
Masaccio (1401-1428) Crocefissione (Crucifixion) 1426 Tempera on wood, 83 x 63.5 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli
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…
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,…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Tentazioni di San Gerolamo (Temptations of St. Jerome) 1541 Oil on panel, 170 x 122.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze In accordance with a literary tradition focusing on his period of solitude in the desert, St Jerome has…
Guercino (1591-1666) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) 1653 Oil on canvas, 253 x 169 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Work of the Bolognese school artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino, the painting depicts St Sebastian, officer of the Praetorian Guard of…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) San Girolamo nel deserto (Saint Jerome in the Wilderness) c.1480 Oil on panel, 151.7 x 113.7 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze