Guercino (1591-1666) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) 1653 Oil on canvas, 253 x 169 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Work of the Bolognese school artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino, the painting depicts St Sebastian, officer of the Praetorian Guard of…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Autoritratto in aspetto di Medusa (Self-portrait as Medusa) post 1474 Pen, brush, ink on paper, 124 x 99 mm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze In the late 18th century, this work was recorded as “Mask in pen” in the…
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) San Michele Arcangelo (Saint Michael the Archangel) completed 1469 Oil on poplar, 133 x 59.5 cm National Gallery, London The Archangel Michael led an army of angels to battle against the devil and cast him down from…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Putto in equilibrio su un globo (Putto Poised on a Globe) c.1480 Unbaked clay, 75 x 38.3 x 23 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Poised tiptoe on a globe, this chubby cherub seems to pirouette, inviting interest…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Giuliano de’ Medici c.1475–1478 Terracotta, 61 x 66 x 28.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Verrocchio, a favorite artist of the Medici, may have created this lively and commanding portrait on the occasion of a joust…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) San Girolamo (Saint Jerome) c.1460 Mixed media on paper glued on board, 40.5 x 27 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The figure is identified as Saint Jerome by his aged appearance, his face weathered and torso semi-nude…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1477–1478 Tempera on wood, 54.6 x 44.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The identity of the sitter of this portrait is unknown. It is an early work by Ghirlandaio, and…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Isabella d’Este, marchesa di Mantova (Isabella d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua) c.1534–1536 Oil on canvas, 102.4 × 64.7 × 2.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Isabella d’Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara and Modena, married Francesco I Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua…
Probably Perugino (c.1446-1523) Cristo coronato di spine (Christ Crowned with Thorns) c.1500–1505 Oil on wood, 40.3 x 32.4 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown as a prisoner, a rope around his neck. He wears a crown of thorns and a purple…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) L’Arcangelo Raffaele con Tobia (The Archangel Raphael with Tobias) c.1496–1500 Oil and egg temera on poplar, 113.3 x 56.5 cm National Gallery, London This was the right panel of the predella of an altarpiece made for the Duke of Milan,…