Tag: Art

Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (c.1480-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci) c.1480–1485 Mixed technique on poplar, 81.3 x 50 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Idealised Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph) The fantastical accoutrements in this larger-than-life-size half-length painting…

Ritratto di giovane donna (1475-1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1475–1480 Oil on poplar, 55.4 x 43 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the past, this portrait was considered to be that of Simonetta Vespucci, venerated by Giuliano de’ Medici, who died…

Prove di Mosè (1481-1482-Moses)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Prove di Mosè (Trials of Moses) 1481–1482 Fresco, 348.5 x 558 cm Cappella Sistina, Vaticano See also: • Vespucci, Simonetta (1453-1476)

Cappella Sistina (Vaticano)

Consecrated: 1483 Location: Viale Vaticano 2, 00120 Città del Vaticano Website: https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/it/collezioni/musei/cappella-sistina.html Art: • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Prove di Cristo (1480-82) • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Prove di Mosè (1481-82) • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Punizione dei ribelli (1480-82) • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): San Sisto II (c.1481) • Perugino (c.1446-1523): Consegna delle…

Musei Vaticani

Established: 1506 Founder: Pope Julius II Location: Viale Vaticano 6, 00120 Città del Vaticano Website: https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en.html Collection: • Perugino (c.1446-1523): Dio Padre in trono tra angeli e cherubini (1507-08) Museums: • Cappella Sistina • Pinacoteca Vaticana See also: • Museums | Roma (Italia) |  Vaticano

L’Annunciazione (c.1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) L’Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1485 Tempera and gold on wood, 19.1 x 31.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of the most celebrated paintings in the Robert Lehman Collection, this depiction of the Annunciation unfolds in a classicizing…

Nastagio degli Onesti IV (1483)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Nastagio degli Onesti, fourth episode 1483 Tempera on panel, 83 x 142 cm Private collection These panels illustrate the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, the eighth novel of the fifth day of Boccaccio‘s Decameron. This is the story of Nastagio,…

Nastagio degli Onesti III (1483)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Nastagio degli Onesti, third episode 1483 Mixed method on panel, 83.5 x 142.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid These panels illustrate the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, the eighth novel of the fifth day of Boccaccio‘s Decameron. This is the story of…

Nastagio degli Onesti II (1483)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Nastagio degli Onesti, second episode 1483 Mixed method on panel, 82.5 x 138.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid These panels illustrate the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, the eighth novel of the fifth day of Boccaccio‘s Decameron. This is the story…