Tag: drapery

Monsignor Francesco Barberini (c.1623)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Monsignor Francesco Barberini c.1623 Marble, 80.01 x 65.88 x 25.72 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This free-standing, white marble sculpture shows the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a balding, bearded man. In this photograph, his body…

Madonna dell’Umiltà (c.1430)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Madonna of Humility) c.1430 Tempera on panel, 60.7 x 45.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman sits in the center of this vertical panel painting and gazes down at a baby lying across…

Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (1570s)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Marte e Venere uniti dall’Amore (Mars and Venus United by Love) 1570s Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 161 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The love between Mars, the god of war, and Venus, the goddess of…

Raffaello e la figlia del fornaio (1846)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raffaello e la figlia del fornaio (Raphael and the Baker’s Daughter) 1846 Oil on canvas, 35.56 x 27.3 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raphaël et la Fornarina 1814 Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA…

Betsabea (c.1636-1637)

Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Betsabea (Bathsheba) c.1636–1637 Oil on canvas, 265.4 x 209.5 cm Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus

Natività (c.1473-1475)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività (The Nativity) c.1473–1475 Fresco transferred to canvas, 161.3 x 137.2 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Sandro Botticelli is arguably the most renowned Renaissance master of the 15th century. The Nativity is not only the sole Botticelli…