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Giuseppe con Giacobbe in Egitto (1518)

Pontormo (1494-1557) Giuseppe con Giacobbe in Egitto (Joseph with Jacob in Egypt) probably 1518 Oil on wood, 96.5 x 109.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the panels that were made to decorate the bedchamber of the banker Pierfrancesco Borgherini…

Allegoria dell’Agricoltura (early 1680s)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria dell’Agricoltura (Allegory of Agriculture) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 121.4 x 192 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the ceiling frescoes in…

Ratto di Europa (c.1570)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ratto di Europa (The Rape of Europa) c.1570 Oil on canvas glued to oak panel, 59.5 x 70 cm National Gallery, London The story of the Rape of Europa is told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Mercury is ordered by his…

Natività (1523)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Natività (The Nativity) 1523 Oil on panel, 46 x 35.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman and an older man kneel to either side of a nude baby outside of a barn-like structure in this vertical…

Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (c.1440-1460)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) & Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1440–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 137.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dozens of people line up around a shed-like structure and around stone ruins…