Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) The Annunciation 1420–1425 Oil on oak panel, 76 x 70 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The event is set in a gothic temple, alluding to the New Law that replaces the old one, represented by the Romanesque tower in…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475 Oil on oak, 37.9 x 28 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary, bareheaded and richly dressed, holds the naked Christ Child, who rests on a white cushion on a ledge of purple-grey veined…
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) The Adoration of the Magi c.1475 Oil and gold on oak, 71.1 x 56.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This tranquil scene, with its tunneling perspective and sensitively rendered faces, is characteristic of Bosch’s works before…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacra Famiglia con san Giovannino (The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1528 Oil on wood, 135.9 x 100.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York With this grandly solemn composition, Sarto demonstrated that…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Sacra Famiglia con San Girolamo (Holy family with Saint Jerome) 1534 Oil on canvas, 69 x 87.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Madonna col Bambino e i santi Girolamo e Nicola da Tolentino (Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Nicholas of Tolentino) c.1522 Oil on canvas, 94.3 x 77.8 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Compare: Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557)…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Madonna col Bambino e santi (Madonna and Child with Saints) 1522 Oil on canvas, 91 x 75.4 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary holds the naked infant Christ who sits on a pillow on a coffin. The elderly…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) c.1496 Oil on wood, 215 × 170.2 cm National Gallery, London The focus of this large altarpiece is the tiny infant Christ – he lies on the ground, his head supported…
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (Madonna and Child with Two Angels) c.1460–1465 Tempera on panel, 95 x 62 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Compare: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e angelo c.1465 Spedale degli Innocenti, Firenze …
Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-c.1440) Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Madonna of Humility) c.1415 Tempera on wood, gold background, 113 x 63 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze