El Greco (1541-1614) San Juan Evangelista y San Francesco de Asís (St John the Evangelist and St Francis of Assisi) 1600 Oil on canvas, 110 x 86.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Madonna in adorazione di Gesù Bambino (Madonna in Adoration of the Child Jesus) 1518–1520 Oil on canvas, 81 x 77 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Ercole coronato dalle Muse (Hercules crowned by the Muses) 1568 Oil on copper, 40 x 29.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1587)
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ) probably about 1437–1445 Egg tempera on poplar, 167 × 116 cm National Gallery, London This is the earliest surviving work by the innovative Tuscan painter, Piero della Francesca. Very few…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1470 Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 74.2 cm National Gallery, London Saint George and the dragon must be one of the most fantastic saints’ legends to come down to…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) San Cristoforo (Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ) c.1473 Fresco, 284.5 x 149.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This imposing, well-preserved mural is an early work by Ghirlandaio, one of the most popular painters in late-fifteenth-century…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) La Natività (The Nativity) 1500–1505 Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, 26.2 × 46.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perugino’s serene and decorous art was widely influential in his native region of Umbria and beyond, most famously through his…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Cristo e la donna di Samaria (Christ and the Woman of Samaria) 1500–1505 Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, 27.3 × 46.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perugino’s serene and decorous art was widely influential in his native region…