Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1470 Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 74.2 cm National Gallery, London Saint George and the dragon must be one of the most fantastic saints’ legends to come down to…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano (The Battle of San Romano) c.1438–1440 Egg tempera with walnut oil and linseed oil on poplar, 182 × 320 cm National Gallery, London It’s hard to follow what’s going on in this large and busy…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Giuliano de’ Medici c.1475–1478 Terracotta, 61 x 66 x 28.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Verrocchio, a favorite artist of the Medici, may have created this lively and commanding portrait on the occasion of a joust…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) L’Arcangelo Michele (The Archangel Michael) c.1496–1500 Oil and egg temera on poplar, 114.7 x 56.6 cm National Gallery, London This was the left panel of the predella of an altarpiece made for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. Altarpiece,…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) La resurrezione (The Resurrection) 1500–1505 Tempera on wood, 27 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This exceptionally well-preserved picture and four others in the Art Institute of Chicago formed the base (predella) of an altarpiece—possibly the large…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Consegna delle chiavi (The Delivery of the Keys) 1481–1482 Fresco, 335 × 550 cm Cappella Sistina, Vaticano
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Bravo (The Bravo) c.1515–1520 Oil on canvas, 77 × 66.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Titian intensifies the close-up half-figure action picture developed by his teacher Giorgione into concentrated drama. The three-quarter portrait of the vine-leafed protagonist contrasts with the…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Crucifixion of Christ c.1500–1501 Oil on lime, 58.5 × 45 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The small-format panel, which was probably used for private devotion, dates from Cranach‘s first known creative period, which the artist spent in…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Temptation of Saint Anthony 1594 Oil on copper, 25.2 × 35.2 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1538 Oil on panel, 61.6 × 42.2 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven