Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Annunciazione (Annunciation from San Martino alla Scala) 1481 Detached fresco, 243 x 555 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The usual subject of the announcement to the Virgin Mary by archangel Gabriel is set in a renaissance palace, overlooking…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Madonna della melagrana (Madonna of the Pomegranate) 3rd quarter of the 15th century Oil? on poplar, 79.8 x 55 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris In all likelihood, a replica by Filippino of a lost original by Botticelli from…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna con Bambino e angelo (Virgin and Child with an Angel) 1475–1485 Tempera on panel, 85.8 × 59.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this humanizing yet idealized depiction of the Virgin Mary embracing the baby Jesus, Sandro…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (Virgin and Child with Two Angels) 1485–1495 Tempera on panel, diameter 34.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Sandro Botticelli’s works mark the culmination of a mystical religious tradition in the art of…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività (The Nativity) c.1473–1475 Fresco transferred to canvas, 161.3 x 137.2 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Sandro Botticelli is arguably the most renowned Renaissance master of the 15th century. The Nativity is not only the sole Botticelli…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Allegoria dell’Abbondanza (Allegory of Abundance) c.1480–1485 Pen and brown ink, with brown wash, on paper, 31.7 x 25.2 cm British Museum, London Abundance or Autumn; female figure wearing classical dress, holding the hand of a putto who holds…
(1468–1488) Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni Giovanna degli Albizzi in Art: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Venere e le tre Grazie offrono doni c.1483–1485 Musée du Louvre, Paris Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni 1489–1490 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Born December 18…
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (Madonna and Child with Two Angels) c.1460–1465 Tempera on panel, 95 x 62 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Compare: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e angelo c.1465 Spedale degli Innocenti, Firenze …
(1457–1504) Filippo Lippi, called Filippino Lippi The artist’s works: Adorazione dei Magi c.1470 National Gallery, London Adorazione del Bambino c.1475–1480 National Gallery of Art, Washington Apparizione della Vergine a un frate francescano c.1475–1480 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Incoronazione della Vergine c.1475 National…
(1435–1488) Andrea di Michele di Francesco de’ Cioni, called “Il Verrocchio” The artist’s works: San Girolamo c.1460 Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Studio di panneggio late 1460s-early 1470s Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago David c.1466–1469 Museo del Bargello, Firenze Madonna col Bambino e due angeli c.1467–1469…