Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Storia di Lucrezia (The Story of Lucretia) c.1478–1480 Tempera on wood, 42 x 126 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The painting shows the death of Roman heroine, Lucretia, faithful, modest wife, raped by the king of the last…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Adorazione del Bambino (The Adoration of the Child) c.1475–1480 Oil on poplar panel, 81.5 x 56.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A winged angel, a woman, and a baby are gathered on a terrace that overlooks a softly…
Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-c.1440) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1423–1424 Tempera on panel, 148.8 x 115.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: on the Virgin’s prayerbook: virgo / [c]oncipiet / [e]t p[a]ri[et] / fili[um et vocabitur nomen eius] em[m]anuel / butirum et…
Masaccio (1401-1428) Trinità (The Holy Trinity) 1425–1426 Fresco, 667 x 317 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze In the third arcade of the left nave, in place of the altar, one can admire the fresco of the Holy Trinity (1425-1426) by Tommaso…
Masaccio (1401-1428) Desco da parto (Birth plate) c.1423 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 66 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the 15th century, it was customary in Florence to give families a so-called birth plate or desco da parto after the birth of…
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
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) 1480–1490 Tempera on panel, 88 x 71 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Madonna col Bambino e quattro angeli (Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels) c.1460–1470 Oil on panel, transferred to fabric on panel, 107.8 x 78.4 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) early 1420s Tempera and gilding on panel, 65 x 48 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Attributed to Paolo Uccello (1397-1475)
Donatello (1386-1466) Banchetto di Erode (The Banquet of Herod) c.1435 Marble, 50 x 71.3 x 5 cm Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille