Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) L’Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) 1650 Oil on canvas, 239 x 181 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Sent directly from Naples in 1802, this painting was the first work by Ribera to enter the…
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Moïse sauvé des eaux (Moses saved from the waters) c.1638 Oil on canvas, 94 x 121 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Featuring one of Nicolas Poussin‘s favorite subjects, this painting was very popular in the 17th century. It…
Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Madonna col Bambino tra San Girolamo (?) e San Gregorio Magno (Madonna and Child between Saint Jerome (?) and Saint Gregory the Great) 1st quarter of the 16th century Oil on poplar, 59.2 x 41 cm Musée du…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Flight into Egypt 1462 Oil on wood, 47 x 26 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Triptych Left panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint John the Baptist 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris Right panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint…
Martini, Simone (c.1284-1344) Gesù che porta la croce (The Carrying of the Cross) 2nd quarter of the 14th century Tempera on gold background on poplar, 300 x 205 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Modern gold background. On the reverse, trompe l’oeil…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Madonna della Vittoria (The Virgin of Victory) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on poplar, 285 x 168 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The Virgin and Child surrounded by six saints (Michael, Andrew, Longinus, George, Elizabeth, the young…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Parnaso (Parnassus) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 159 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned during the winter of 1496–1497 by Isabelle d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua (1474-1539) for the decoration of her first studiolo…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Minerva caccia i vizi dal Giardino delle Virtù (Minerva chasing the Vices from the Garden of Virtue) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 160 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned by Isabella d’Este,…
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna col Bambino, San Giuliano e San Nicola (Madonna and Child surrounded by Saint Julian and Saint Nicolas of Myra) 1494 Oil on wood, 163 x 164 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris In place (cited by Vasari…
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…