Tag: Caravaggio

Francisco de Zurbarán

(1598–1664) The artist’s works: Santa Lucía c.1625–1630 National Gallery of Art, Washington La crucifixión 1627 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Nacimiento de la Virgen c.1627 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena La Inmaculada Concepción 1628–1630 Museo del Prado, Madrid San Serapio 1628 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford…

Virgil

(70 BC–19 BC) Publius Vergilius Maro Works: • Aeneidos (Latin) ◊ The Aeneid (English) • Eclogae (Latin) ◊ The Bucolics and Eclogues (English) • Georgicon (Latin) ◊ The Georgics (English) Quotes: • Virgil: Quotations Virgil in Art: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Enea, Anchise e Ascanio 1619 Galleria Borghese, Roma…

Loreto (Italia)

Loreto in Art: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Madonna di Loreto c.1606 Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio, Roma     Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna di Loreto c.1507–1515 National Gallery, London     Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna di Loreto c.1509–1512 Musée Condé, Chantilly     Deaths: • Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) See also: • Cities | Italia

Knights of the Order of Malta

Knights of Malta in Art: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Alof de Wignacourt c.1608 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Caravaggio (1571-1610) Antonio Martelli 1608 Galleria Palatina, Firenze     Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di cavaliere con orologio c.1550 Museo del Prado, Madrid     Knights of the Order…

San Francesco in meditazione (c.1606)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Francesco in meditazione (Saint Francis in Meditation) c.1606 Oil on canvas, 130 x 90 cm cm Museo Civico Ala Ponzone, Cremona The subject represents a Saint Francis “in desperate meditation on the Crucifix” (Longhi 1943), the penitent saint is…

Museo Civico Ala Ponzone

Opened: 1928 Address: Palazzo Affaitati, Via Dati Ugolani, 4, 26100 Cremona, Italia Website: https://musei.comune.cremona.it/it/musei/museo-civico-ala-ponzone Collection: • Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593): Ortaggi in una ciotola o L’ortolano (c.1590) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): San Francesco in meditazione (c.1606) See also: • Cremona (Italia) | Museums

Salomè con la testa del Battista (c.1607)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) c.1607 Oil on canvas, 116 x 140 cm Palacio Real, Madrid The painting is in good condition after being restored by Patrimonio Nacional in 2015. It…

Palacio Real de Madrid

Opened: 1751 Construction started: 1735 Address: Calle Bailen, 0, 28001 Madrid, España Website: https://www.patrimonionacional.es/visita/palacio-real-de-madrid Collection: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Salomè con la testa del Battista (c.1607) See also: • Madrid (España) | Museums | Palaces

Vocazione dei santi Pietro e Andrea (c.1602-1604)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Vocazione dei santi Pietro e Andrea (Calling of Saints Andrew and Peter) c.1602–1604 Oil on canvas, 140.1 x 176 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Christ gestures ahead while turning back to the brothers Simon (later Peter) and Andrew,…

Hampton Court Palace (London)

Built: c.1514 Address: Hampton Ct Way, Molesey, East Molesey KT8 9AU, UK Website: https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/ Royal Collection Collection: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Ragazzo che monda un frutto (c.1592-93) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Vocazione dei santi Pietro e Andrea (c.1602-04) • Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609): Madonna…