Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) c.1482 Drawing in charcoal, watercolour ink and oil on wood, 244 x 240 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze A document from July 1481 states that Leonardo da Vinci had received a…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Madonna Benois 1478–1480 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 49.5 x 33 cm Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg One of the greatest geniuses of the Renaissance era, Leonardo da Vinci combined the talents of artist and scientist, inventor…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Madonna Litta mid 1490s Tempera on canvas (handed over from panel), 42 x 33 cm Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg This painting would seem to have been produced in Milan, where the artist moved in 1482. It was one…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Sette opere di misericordia (Seven Works of Mercy) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 390 x 260 cm Pio Monte della Misericordia, Napoli
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Madonna di Loreto, Madonna dei Pellegrini (Pilgrim’s Madonna) c.1604 Oil on canvas, 260 x 150 cm Cappella Cavalletti, Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio, Roma See also: • Loreto (Italia)
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Madonna del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary) c.1601 Oil on canvas, 364.5 × 249.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Our Lady invites St. Dominic to distribute rosaries to the people. St Peter Martyr points to the source of all graces,…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Amorino dormiente (Sleeping Cupid) 1608 Oil on canvas, 72 x 105 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze In classical antiquity Cupid, the god of love, was always depicted as a young boy armed with bow and arrows. Such images were known as…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Adorazione dei Pastori (Adoration of the Shepherds) 1609 Oil on canvas, 314 x 211 cm Museo Regionale, Messina
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La Vierge aux anges (The Virgin with Angels / Song of the Angels) 1881 Oil on canvas, 213.4 x 152.4 cm Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Amour Fraternel (Fraternal Love, Virgin and Child with Young Saint John) 1851 Oil on canvas, 147 x 113.7 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Bouguereau enjoyed a lifetime of official favor and commercial success and carried the tradition of…