Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Danae 1560–1565 Oil on canvas, 129.8 x 181.2 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first Poesie presented to Prince Philip were Danaë (1553, The Wellington Collection) and Venus and Adonis (1554, Museo del Prado, P422), versions of other…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Danae c.1545 Oil on canvas, 118.5 x 170 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Salomè con la testa del Battista (Salome with the Head of John the Baptist) 1515 Oil on canvas, 90 x 72 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma This early masterpiece by Titian, which illustrates the terrible biblical episode in a dark…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Girolamo penitente (St. Jerome in Penitence) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, h. 21 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This panel is part of the predella of the of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Annunciazione (Annunciation) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, h. 21 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This panel is part of the predella of the of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di San Marco c.1488–1490 Galleria degli…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Giovanni Evangelista a Patmos (St. John the Evangelist on Patmos) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, h. 21 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This panel is part of the predella of the of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece:…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Incoronazione della Vergine (Coronation of the Virgin) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, 378 x 258 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This is the central panel of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di San Marco c.1488–1490…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di Sant’Ambrogio (Madonna and Child with Six Saints) c.1470 Tempera on panel, 170 x 194 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The Altarpiece of Sant’Ambrogio, depicting the Madonna with Child and Saints, painted around 1470, when the artist was…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Fortezza (Fortitude) 1470 Tempera on panel, 167 x 87 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Fortitude is portrayed as a young woman wearing armour over her graceful dress and holding a ruler’s sceptre. In spite of the military attributes, the…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna della Melagrana (Madonna of the Pomegranate) 1487 Tempera on panel, diameter 143.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The Madonna and Child with Angels called “Madonna of the Pomegranate” is a 1487 panel on wood full of symbols and…