Raffaello (1483-1520) La Perla (The Holy Family, or La Perla) c.1518 Oil on panel, 147.4 x 116 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Philip IV called this painting The Pearl, as it was his favorite among all those in his collection. The…
La Perla (c.1518)
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Madonna d’Alba (c.1510)
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna d’Alba (Alba Madonna) c.1510 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, diameter 94.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After four years in Florence, Raphael moved to Rome in 1508, probably to execute more significant commissions under the papal…
Angelo che tiene un filatterio (1500-1501)
Raffaello (1483-1520) Angelo che tiene un filatterio (Angel Holding a Phylactery) 1500–1501 Oil on poplar, 58 x 36 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This painting is a fragment of the Baronci Altarpiece, seriously damaged during an earthquake in 1789. Pala del beato Nicola da…
Madonna Terranuova (c.1505)
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Terrranuova (Mary with the Child, John the Baptist and a Holy Boy) c.1505 Oil on poplar wood, diameter 88.7 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION: Ribbon (EC)CE AGNIVS (DE) Of the five paintings of the Virgin Mary by…
Madonna Sistina (1512-1513)
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Sistina (Sistine Madonna) 1512–1513 Oil on canvas, 265.5 x 201 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Raphael originally created the Sistine Madonna on behalf of Pope Julius II for the high altar of the monastery church of San Sisto…
Le tre età dell’uomo (1512-1514)
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Le tre età dell’uomo (The Three Ages of Man) 1512–1514 Oil on canvas, 90 x 150.7 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This early work depicts the three stages of life: infancy, adulthood and old age. Cupid clambers over the sleeping…
Courbet au chien noir (1842-1844)
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Courbet au chien noir (Courbet with a black dog) 1842–1844 Oil on canvas, 46.3 x 55.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris Gustave Courbet depicted himself as the young artist that he then was, of Bohemian elegance, travelling with his…
La Condesa de Chinchón (1800)
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Condesa de Chinchón (The Countess of Chinchón) 1800 Oil on canvas, 216 x 144 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid María Teresa de Bourbon y Vallabriga, Marchioness of Boadilla del Monte and Countess of Chichón, was the daughter…
The Annunciation (c.1434-1436)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation c.1434–1436 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 90.2 x 34.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A play and a painting appear to have merged in Jan van Eyck’s dramatic Annunciation, which is rich with…
Cache-cache (c.1877)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Cache-cache (Hide and Seek) c.1877 Oil on wood, 73.4 x 53.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In early 1874 Degas wrote, “Look here, my dear Tissot. . . you positively must exhibit at the Boulevard [in the…