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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…

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini (1867)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1867 Watercolour and gouache on paper, 43.7 cm x 36.1 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Francesca da Rimini (c.1255-1285) | Malatesta, Paolo (c.1246-1285)

Francesca da Rimini et Paolo Malatesta (1819)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Francesca da Rimini et Paolo Malatesta (Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta) 1819 Oil on canvas, 235 cm x 165 cm Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca 1814 Musée Condé, Chantilly  …

Paolo et Francesca (1814)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca (Paolo and Francesca) 1814 Oil on canvas, 35.3 cm x 28.4 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly The subject is taken from Inferno in Dante‘s Divine Comedy (14th century). It is, with the Stratonice, the only…