Raffaello (1483-1520) Il sogno del cavaliere (Vision of a Knight) c.1504 Oil on poplar, 17.1 x 17.3 cm National Gallery, London This painting was inspired by a passage in the Punica, an epic poem by Silius Italicus (AD 25–101) recounting the…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Terrranuova (Mary with the Child, John the Baptist and a Holy Boy) c.1505 Oil on poplar wood, diameter 88.7 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION: Ribbon (EC)CE AGNIVS (DE) Of the five paintings of the Virgin Mary by…
Raffaello (1483-1520) La Velata (Woman with a Veil) c.1512–1515 Oil on canvas, 82 x 60.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze The veil over the hair, from which the name of this splendid work by Raphael is derived, indicates that the woman is…
Raffaello (1483-1520) La Fornarina (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1520 Oil on panel, 87 x 63 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The subject of this portrait, according to tradition, was Raphael’s inspirational muse and mistress: Margherita Luti, the daughter of a baker in…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di papa Giulio II (Portrait of Pope Julius II) 1511 Oil on poplar, 108.7 x 81 cm National Gallery, London This portrait of Pope Julius II (1443–1513) is usually dated to the one-and-a-half-year period during which he wore…
Raffaello (1483-1520) La dama col liocorno (Lady with a Unicorn) c.1505–1506 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 67 x 56 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The young woman depicted is a Florentine girl, as can be seen from the precious fashionable dress of…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Maddalena Doni (Portrait of Maddalena Doni) 1505–1506 Oil on panel, 65 x 45.8 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze On the back there is a representation in monochrome of Deucalion and Pyrrha. Pair: Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Agnolo Doni 1505–1506 Galleria…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Agnolo Doni (Portrait of Agnolo Doni) 1505–1506 Oil on panel, 65 x 47.7 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze On the back there is a representation in monochrome of the Deluge. Pair: Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Maddalena Doni 1505–1506…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Madonna della Scala (Madonna of the Stairs) c.1490 Marble bas-relief, 56.7 x 40.1 cm Casa Buonarroti, Firenze The Madonna della scala, or Madonna of the Stairs, of which no mention was made during Michelangelo’s lifetime, was cited for the…
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Yo y mis pericos (Me and My Parrots) 1941 Oil on canvas, 82 x 62.8 cm Private collection