Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Annunciazione (Annunciation) 1578 Oil on canvas, 271 x 541 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Annunciazione (1578)
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Convito in casa di Levi (1573)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Convito in casa di Levi (The Feast in the House of Levi) 1573 Oil on canvas, 560 x 1309 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Ritorno degli ambasciatori (c.1497-1498)
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Ritorno degli ambasciatori (The Return of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 297 x 526 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the third of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The…
Presentazione della Vergine al Tempio (1534-1538)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Presentazione della Vergine al Tempio (Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple) 1534–1538 Oil on canvas, 335 x 775 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Giuseppe con Giacobbe in Egitto (1518)
Pontormo (1494-1557) Giuseppe con Giacobbe in Egitto (Joseph with Jacob in Egypt) probably 1518 Oil on wood, 96.5 x 109.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the panels that were made to decorate the bedchamber of the banker Pierfrancesco Borgherini…
Giuseppe venduto a Putifarre (c.1515)
Pontormo (1494-1557) Giuseppe venduto a Putifarre (Joseph sold to Potiphar) c.1515 Oil on wood, 61 x 51.6 cm National Gallery, London This picture was commissioned to celebrate Pierfrancesco Borgherini’s marriage to Margherita Accaiuoli in 1515, and formed part of the decoration of…
Allegoria della Fortezza (early 1680s)
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Fortezza (Allegory of Fortitude) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 95 x 99.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 – ten of which are in the National Gallery’s…
Cristo tra i dottori del tempio (c.1560)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Cristo tra i dottori del tempio (Christ among the Doctors in the Temple) c.1560 Oil on canvas, 236 × 430 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This work illustrates the final passage of Christ’s childhood (Luke 2, 41-50) when, at…
Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (1547-1548)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria) 1547–1548 Oil on canvas, 145.5 × 205 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina c.1547–1550 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven…
Storia di Lucrezia (c.1478-1480)
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…