Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1520 Oil on canvas, 55 x 40 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Correggio was one of the great fresco painters of the 16th century. In his Lives, Vasari provides some insight into his personality,…
Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) Portrait of a Stout Man (Robert de Masmines?) c.1425 Oil on panel, 35.4 x 23.7 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Robert Campin was a renowned painter of his day whose workshop trained important artists such as Jacques Daret and…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di un giovane come San Sebastiano (Portrait of a young Man as Saint Sebastian) c.1533 Oil on panel, 87 x 76.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano Tori, known as Bronzino, was one of the…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) 1616–1617 Marble, 98 x 42 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Private collection on deposit at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Saint Sebastian, born in Gaul according to legend, was a Roman centurion who was martyred…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Testa di donna (Head of a woman, eyes lowered, slightly turned to the left) s.d. Metalpoint, pen and brush in black and gray ink heightened with white, on orange-red prepared paper, 26.7 x 22.4 cm Musée…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) San Girolamo in estasi (Saint Jerome in ecstasy) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on gold background on canvas, 69 x 49 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Attributed to Luca Signorelli. Christ on the cross and the…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 255 x 140 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Composition surrounded by a trompe-l’oeil porphyry border. Probably arrived in Aigueperse (Auvergne) on the occasion of the marriage…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of a German Prince s.d. Oil on paper, 22.5 x 17.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) Head of a young woman with downcast eyes 1872 Pencil on paper, 25.3 x 17.8 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) La Bella (Portrait of a Lady) 1536–1538 Oil on canvas, 89 × 75.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The female portrait, known by its complimentary epithet “La Bella”, is one of the most famous paintings of the later years of…