Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Arrivo a Colonia (Arrival of the Pilgrims in Cologne) 1490 Oil on canvas, 279 x 254 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the seventh of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola).…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Arrivo degli ambasciatori (Arrival of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 278 x 589 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the first of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The paintings…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) L’arcangelo Raffaele e Tobiolo (The Archangel Raphael and Tobias) 1510s Oil on panel, 170 x 149 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt) c.1508 Oil on canvas, 206 x 336 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Titian, outstanding master of the Renaissance, is represented in the Hermitage by a number of superb works. The Flight into Egypt was…
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…
Pontormo (1494-1557) Supplizio del fornaio (Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker) c.1515 Oil on wood, 61 x 51.7 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the panels that decorated the bedroom of Pierfrancesco Borgherini in the Borgherini palace in Florence. They…
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…
Pontormo (1494-1557) Cena in Emmaus (Supper at Emmaus) 1525 Oil on canvas, 230 x 173 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La barca di Caronte e il ratto di Proserpina (Mythological Scene with the Rape of Proserpine) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 121.6 x 193 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Omaggio a Velázquez (A Homage to Velázquez) c.1692–1700 Oil on canvas, 205.2 x 182.2 cm National Gallery, London The title of this painting originates from the idea that the man seated in the centre represents Diego Velázquez at the…