Pontormo (1494-1557) Desco da parto: Nascita di San Giovanni Battista (Birthing-tray: Birth of St John the Baptist) 1526–1527 Oil on panel, 89 x 74 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The birthing tray was a ceremonial object typically used in Tuscany in the…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: Dono alle fanciulle povere (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: Gift to Poor Girls) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: The…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: La nascita di San Nicola (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: The Birth of St. Nicholas) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano Stories of St. Nicholas of…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: Il rispetto (Four Allegories of Love: Respect) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 186.1 x 194.3 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of love,…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Sacra Famiglia con San Girolamo (Holy family with Saint Jerome) 1534 Oil on canvas, 69 x 87.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino e storie della vita di sant’Anna (Madonna with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne) c.1452–1453 Tempera on panel, diameter 135 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This painting, one of the most original…
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) 1480–1490 Tempera on panel, 88 x 71 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Incoronazione della Vergine (Coronation of the Virgin) c.1434–1435 Tempera on poplar, 209 x 206 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The miter-shaped cutout of the painted surface at the top is original. Main register of an altarpiece from which elements…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) San Francesco riceve le stimmate (St. Francis receiving the stigmata) c.1300–1325 Tempera and gold on poplar, 313 x 163 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Signature: OPUS IOCTI FLORENTINI (“Work of Florentine Giotto”). At the predella: The dream of Innocent…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Vénus couchée d’Urbino, d’après le Titien (Reclining Venus of Urbino, after Titian) 1822 Oil on canvas, 116 x 168 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere di Urbino 1538 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze