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Cristo Redentore benedicente (c.1505-1506)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Cristo Redentore benedicente (Christ the Redeemer blessing) c.1505–1506 Oil on panel, 31.5 x 25.5 cm Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia The painting was one of the first purchases made by Paolo Tosio, who had recently begun to build his collection.…

Pietà (c.1500)

Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Pietà (The Dead Christ Mourned by Nicodemus and Two Angels) c.1500 Oil on panel, 17.5 x 33.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Santi Gregorio Magno e Mattia (c.1428-1429)

Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-c.1440) Santi Gregorio Magno e Mattia (Saint Gregory? and Saint Matthias) c.1428–1429 Tempera grassa and oil on poplar, transferred to fibreboard, 126.3 x 59.1 cm National Gallery, London Saint Matthias is shown holding the axe that was used…

Trinità (1425-1426)

Masaccio (1401-1428) Trinità (The Holy Trinity) 1425–1426 Fresco, 667 x 317 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze In the third arcade of the left nave, in place of the altar, one can admire the fresco of the Holy Trinity (1425-1426) by Tommaso…

San Michele Arcangelo (1469)

Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) San Michele Arcangelo (Saint Michael the Archangel) completed 1469 Oil on poplar, 133 x 59.5 cm National Gallery, London The Archangel Michael led an army of angels to battle against the devil and cast him down from…

San Giorgio e il drago (c.1470)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1470 Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 74.2 cm National Gallery, London Saint George and the dragon must be one of the most fantastic saints’ legends to come down to…

Cristo coronato di spine (c.1500-1505)

Probably Perugino (c.1446-1523) Cristo coronato di spine (Christ Crowned with Thorns) c.1500–1505 Oil on wood, 40.3 x 32.4 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown as a prisoner, a rope around his neck. He wears a crown of thorns and a purple…

Madonna di Loreto (c.1507-1515)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna di Loreto (The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis) probably c.1507–1515 Oil on wood, 185.5 x 152.5 cm National Gallery, London This painting stood above the altar in a chapel built to commemorate a local carpenter, Giovanni…

Crocifissione (c.1482-1485)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Crocifissione (Crucifixion) c.1482–1485 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 101.5 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino after the city in which he often lived, collaborated with other celebrated painters in one of the most…