Tag: Art

Sposalizio della Vergine (1504)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Sposalizio della Vergine (The Marriage of the Virgin) 1504 Oil on panel, 170 x 118 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting, dating from 1504, was moved from the Church of San Francesco in Città di Castello to…

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Portrait of Lord Donounghmore (1780-1790)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of Lord Donounghmore 1780–1790 Oil on canvas, 126 x 100 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting was purchased in London for 2,500 pounds by Ettore Modigliani in 1933 with the proceeds of the Mostra d’Arte…

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Ritratto del pittore Moisè Kisling (1915)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Ritratto del pittore Moisè Kisling (Portrait of the Painter Moïse Kisling) 1915 Oil on canvas, 37 x 29 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The painting originally belonged to Paul Guillaume, art critic, dealer and discoverer of Modigliani,…

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L’Enfant gras (1915)

Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) L’Enfant gras (The Fat Child) 1915 Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 37.5 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano “Today critics are lavish with their praise and confer genius and beauty on every street corner […]. I am almost…

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Madonna dei Cherubini (1485-1490)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Madonna dei Cherubini, Madonna con il Bambino e un coro di cherubini (Madonna of Cherubs, Madonna and Child with a Choir of Cherubs) 1485–1490 Tempera on panel, 88 x 70 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The panel,…

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