Tag: Art

Museo Regionale di Messina

Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Messina Established: 1806 Location: Viale della Libertà 465, Messina Website: https://www.beniculturali.it/luogo/museo-regionale-interdisciplinare-di-messina Collection: • Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479): Madonna del Rosario (1473) • Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479): Polittico di San Gregorio (1473) • Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479): San Benedetto (1473) • Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479):…

Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin)

Opened: 1968 Address: Potsdamer Str. 50, 10785 Berlin, Germany Website: https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/neue-nationalgalerie/home.html Collection: • Munch, Edvard (1863-1944): Melancholy (1906-07) See also: • Berlin (Germany) | Museums

Amor Vincit Omnia (1601-1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Amor Vincit Omnia (Love Conquers All / Cupid as Victor) 1601–1602 Oil on canvas, 156.5 x 113.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Around 1592/93, Caravaggio came to Rome from Lombardy, bringing with him formative impressions of the works of Savoldo, Lotto, Romanino…

Gemäldegalerie (Berlin)

Founded: 1830 Location: Stauffenbergstraße 40, 10785 Berlin Website: https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/gemaeldegalerie/home/ Collection: • Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479): Ritratto d’uomo (1474) • Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479): Ritratto di giovane (1478) • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Giuliano de’ Medici (1478) • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Madonna Bardi (1484-85) • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Madonna col Bambino e otto angeli (c.1480) • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Ritratto di giovane…

Cena in Emmaus (1601)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cena in Emmaus (Supper at Emmaus) 1601 Oil and tempera on canvas, 141 × 196.2 cm National Gallery, London On the third day after the Crucifixion two of Jesus’s disciples were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus. On the road they…

San Giovanni Battista (1604-1606)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Giovanni Battista (Saint John the Baptist) 1604–1606 Oil on canvas, 94 x 131 cm Galleria Corsini, Roma The authenticity of this painting has long been doubted, although there are other versions of the same subject created by Caravaggio…

San Francesco in meditazione (1606-1607)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Francesco in meditazione (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 123 x 92.5 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma In a gloomy and arid scenery, Saint Francis wraps a skull with his hands. He is meditating about death, considered to…

Narciso (1597-1599)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Narciso (Narcissus) 1597–1599 Oil on canvas, 113.3 x 94 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The classical myth of Narcissus had been frequently represented since antiquity, but the version by Caravaggio is distinguished by its unusual compositional scheme, conceived rather like a…

Giuditta e Oloferne (c.1599)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith Beheading Holofernes) c.1599 Oil on canvas, 145 x 195 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma Three characters and a red cloth in the background: few elements, capable of orchestrating a true theater of opposites. Darkness and light,…