Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di uomo (Portrait of a Man, Mercurio Bua) c.1535 Oil on canvas, 118 x 105 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The character, long believed to be a self-portrait of the artist, is depicted inside a closed environment, the…
Donatello (1386-1466) San Giorgio (Saint George) 1416–1417 Marble, 209 cm Museo del Bargello, Firenze Predella: Saint George killing the dragon and freeing the princess.
El Greco (1541-1614) San Juan Evangelista y San Francesco de Asís (St John the Evangelist and St Francis of Assisi) 1600 Oil on canvas, 110 x 86.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George slaying the dragon) c.1430 Tempera and gold on panel, 62.2 x 38.8 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago c.1470 National Gallery, London …
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1470 Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 74.2 cm National Gallery, London Saint George and the dragon must be one of the most fantastic saints’ legends to come down to…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù (Allegory of Virtue) c.1531 Tempera on canvas, 14.2 × 85.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539)
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Santi Pietro, Marta, Maria Maddalena e Leonardo (Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalen and Leonard) c.1515 Oil on canvas, 221.6 x 161.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Four saints, each appearing to be lost in thought, are shown…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) St George and Princess Sabra 1862 Watercolour on paper, 52.4 x 30.8 cm Tate Britain, London See also: • Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Saint George (Exterior Right Wing) c.1514 Oil on panel, 85 x 30.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Lucas Cranach the Elder was one of the most important artists…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Il Tramonto (The Sunset) 1506–1510 Oil on canvas, 73.3 cm x 91.4 cm National Gallery, London The meaning of this scene, which takes place in a rocky landscape at sunset or sunrise, is difficult to decipher, largely because…