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…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone (Venus and Adonis) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 162 × 191 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Like its pair, Cephalus and Procris (Strasbourg Museum, inv. 634, oil on canvas, 162 x 185 cm), this canvas illustrates a…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone (Venus and Adonis) c.1586 Oil on canvas, 68 × 52 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone c.1580 Museo del Prado, Madrid See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) & Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Tributo a Cesare (Tribute to Caesar) 1520 (first phase); 1582 (second phase) Fresco, 502 × 537 cm Villa Medicea, Poggio a Caiano
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Spalliera o “cielo di letto” con storie degli amori di Giove e grottesche (Backrest or “bed sky” with stories of Jupiter’s loves and grotesques) 1572 Oil on panel Museo del Bargello, Firenze
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) & Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1440–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 137.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dozens of people line up around a shed-like structure and around stone ruins…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Tobia e l’angelo (Tobias and the Angel) c.1475–1480 Oil and tempera on poplar panel, 32.7 x 23.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Masaccio (1401-1428) Desco da parto (Birth plate) c.1423 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 66 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the 15th century, it was customary in Florence to give families a so-called birth plate or desco da parto after the birth of…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano (The Battle of San Romano) c.1435–1440 Tempera on panel, 182 x 323 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Compare: Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano c.1438–1440 National Gallery, London Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Caccia notturna (The Hunt in the Forest) c.1465–1470 Tempera and oil, with traces of gold, on panel, 73.3 x 177 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford