Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Adrasto assiso ai piedi d’Armida (Adrastus seated at the feet of Armida) c.1740–1746 Oil on canvas, 160.4 × 53.5 cm National Gallery, London Within a walled garden, a man wearing a striking blue costume and ornate necklace catches the…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Il mago d’Ascalona con lo scudo magico ai piedi (The Wizard of Ascalona with the Magic Shield under his Feet) c.1740–1746 Oil on canvas, 159.1 × 53.3 cm National Gallery, London Two men, wearing stunning robes and headdresses made…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) c.1826 Oil on canvas, 17.5 × 13.7 cm National Gallery, London Oedipus, a figure from Greek mythology, stands nude and in profile before the Sphinx, who guards the…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1480–1490 Tempera on poplar, 88.9 × 57.8 cm National Gallery, London The Christ Child looks up at the Virgin Mary, raising the index finger of his right hand as though he…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Madonna col Bambino, San Domenico e Sant’Aurea, Patriarchi e Profeti (The Virgin and Child with Saint Dominic and Saint Aurea, and Patriarchs and Prophets) c.1312–1315 Egg tempera on wood, 61.4 x 39.3 cm National Gallery, London Duccio was…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Tentazione sul monte (The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain) 1308–1311 Tempera on poplar panel, 43.2 x 46 cm Frick Collection, New York This painting was part of the predella (the bottom tier) of the Maestà altarpiece made…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1307–1311 Egg tempera on wood, 44.5 × 45.8 cm National Gallery, London This panel was the first in a series of scenes of the infancy of Christ on the front of the predella (lowest part)…
Raffaello (1483-1520) La predicazione di San Giovanni Battista (Saint John the Baptist Preaching) 1505 Oil on poplar, 26.2 × 52 cm National Gallery, London This is the only surviving predella scene of Raphael’s Ansidei Altarpiece for the Ansidei chapel in S. Fiorenzo,…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Ansidei (Ansidei Madonna: The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Nicholas of Bari) 1505 Oil on poplar, 216.8 × 147.6 cm National Gallery, London This is the main panel of the Ansidei Altarpiece that the…
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Adoration of the Kings 1598 Bodycolour on vellum, 32.9 × 48 cm National Gallery, London Jan Brueghel seems to have squeezed a whole world into his tiny picture. A crowd waits patiently for a turn…