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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…

Santa Lucia (c.1507)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Santa Lucia (Saint Lucy) c.1507 Oil on wood, 160 x 67 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York These two panels are from an enormous double-sided altarpiece on the high altar of the church of Santissima Annunziata, Florence. Begun by Filippino Lippi in 1502,…

Madonna col Bambino e santi (1493)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino e santi (Madonna and Child with Saints) 1493 Oil on poplar wood, 186 × 172 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Mary with Child and St. Peter, John the Evangelist (?), John the Baptist and Paul. Signature: On the…

Incoronazione della Vergine (c.1434-1435)

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…

I beati domenicani II (c.1423-1424)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) I beati domenicani II (The Dominican Blessed) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.6 x 21.9 cm National Gallery, London This panel shows the Dominican Blessed, both tertiaries (those who lived in general society rather than a convent, but were…

I beati domenicani I (c.1423-1424)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) I beati domenicani I (The Dominican Blessed) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.8 x 21.9 cm National Gallery, London The Dominican Blessed, both friars and nuns, dressed in the distinctive black and white habits of the Dominican Order, are…

San Romolo (c.1423-1424)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Romolo (Saint Romulus) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 16 x 15.6 cm National Gallery, London We can piece together who this saint is: his mitre (hat) and crosier (crook) identify him as a bishop, and a faint inscription…

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini (1855)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1855 Watercolour on paper, 25.4 cm x 44.9 cm Tate Britain, London Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1867 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne     See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Francesca…