Tag: Art

Dama con liocorno (c.1505-1506)

Raffaello (1483-1520) La dama col liocorno (Lady with a Unicorn) c.1505–1506 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 67 x 56 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The young woman depicted is a Florentine girl, as can be seen from the precious fashionable dress of…

Busto femminile (c.1505-1507)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Busto femminile (Head and shoulders of a woman) c.1505–1507 Pen and brown ink, black chalk, 22.2 x 15.9 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Head and shoulders of a woman, in three-quarters profile facing left, with folded arms, possibly a study…

Ritratto di Maddalena Doni (1505-1506)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Maddalena Doni (Portrait of Maddalena Doni) 1505–1506 Oil on panel, 65 x 45.8 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze On the back there is a representation in monochrome of Deucalion and Pyrrha. Pair: Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Agnolo Doni 1505–1506 Galleria…

Ritratto di Agnolo Doni (1505-1506)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Agnolo Doni (Portrait of Agnolo Doni) 1505–1506 Oil on panel, 65 x 47.7 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze On the back there is a representation in monochrome of the Deluge. Pair: Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Maddalena Doni 1505–1506…

Tondo Doni (1505-1506)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Tondo Doni (The Holy Family) 1505–1506 Tempera grassa on wood, diameter 120 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Michelangelo painted this Holy Family for a Florentine merchant, Agnolo Doni, whose prestigious marriage to Maddalena Strozzi in 1504 took place in…

Battaglia dei centauri (1490-1492)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Battaglia dei centauri (Battle of the Centaurs) 1490–1492 Marble bas-relief, 84.5 x 88 cm Casa Buonarroti, Firenze           The earliest mention of the Battle of the Centaurs is to be found in a letter written in…