Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività di Gesù con san Giovannino (The Birth of Christ) 1476–1478 Fresco, 200 x 300 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze The lunette on the central portal of the Basilica.
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività mistica (Mystic Nativity) 1500 Oil on canvas, 108.6 x 74.9 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ reaches up towards the Virgin Mary, oblivious of his visitors – the Three Kings on the left and the shepherds on…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna che adora il Bambino (The Virgin Adoring the Child) c.1480–1490 Tempera on panel, diam. 58.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman kneels, angled to our left, and tips her face down toward a naked baby propped…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the Meadow) c.1500–1505 Oil on synthetic panel, transferred from wood, 66.5 × 85.1 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary adores the Christ Child sleeping on her lap. Giovanni Bellini was one of…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Return of the Herd (Autumn, October-November) 1565 Oil on oak, 117 × 159.7 × 3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Bruegel introduced to the art of painting the autumn motif of the returning herd, a subject…