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La resurrezione (1500-1505)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) La resurrezione (The Resurrection) 1500–1505 Tempera on wood, 27 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This exceptionally well-preserved picture and four others in the Art Institute of Chicago formed the base (predella) of an altarpiece—possibly the large…

Negazione di San Pietro (1610)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Negazione di San Pietro (The Denial of Saint Peter) 1610 Oil on canvas, 94 x 125.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Caravaggio’s late works depend for their dramatic effect on brightly lit areas standing in contrast to a…

Giovanni Federico I di Sassonia (1548)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Giovanni Federico I di Sassonia (John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony) 1548 Oil on canvas, 129 cm x 93 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid John Frederick I of Saxony (Torgau, 30 June 1503–Jena, 3 March 1554), Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg…

Conversione di San Paolo (1600-1601)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo (Conversion of Saint Paul) 1600–1601 Oil on canvas, 230 x 175 cm Cappella Cerasi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma Compare: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Conversione di San Paolo 1600 Odescalchi Balbi Collection, Roma