Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1474 Oil on poplar, 34.1 x 27.1 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION: .1474./Antonellus messanus / me pinxit
Ritratto d’uomo (1474)
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Pala di San Cassiano (1475-1476)
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Pala di San Cassiano (San Cassiano Altarpiece) 1475–1476 Oil on poplar panel Center table: Madonna and Child, 115 × 63 cm Left panel: Saint Nicholas of Bari and Saint Magdalene (?), 55.5 × 35 cm Right…
Crocifissione (1455)
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) 1455 Oil on wood, 39 x 23.25 cm Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu
Crocifissione (1475)
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (Christ Crucified) 1475 Oil on wood, 41.9 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London Christ’s body hangs limply on the Cross; the torment of his crucifixion is almost over. He is supported in his final moments by…
Madonna Salting (1460-1469)
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna Salting (The Virgin and Child) c.1460–1469 Oil on wood, 43.2 x 34.3 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary glances down at her baby son, Christ, who clutches a pomegranate in his tiny fist. The fruit,…
Paride (1812-1813)
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paride (Paris) 1812–1813 Marble, h. 207 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Terpsichore Lyran (1816)
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry) 1816 Marble, 177.5 x 78.1 x 61 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Trained by his grandfather, an Italian stonemason, Canova began modeling clay and carving marble sculptures before age ten. In…
Ebe (1800-1805)
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Ebe (Hebe) 1800–1805 Marble, h. 161 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Hebe is one of the most famous works of Antonio Canova, an outstanding Neoclassical sculptor of the late 18th – early 19th century. According to ancient myth,…
Venus Italica (1812)
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Venus Italica 1812 Marble, h. 171.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze In 1802, passing through Florence and at the height of his notoriety, Antonio Canova was commissioned by the King of Etruria, Ludovico di Borbone, to make a copy…
Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (1804-1808)
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix) 1804–1808 Carrara marble, 160 x 92 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Portrayed by Antonio Canova in the guise Venus victorious in the Judgement of Paris, Pauline Borghese…