Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1527 Oil on wood, 178 x 138 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In this dramatic test of faith from the Old Testament book of Genesis, Abraham agrees to slay his…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1528 Oil on panel, 98 x 69 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This scene portrays the moment described in the Old Testament (Genesis 22, 1-19) in which, at the orders of…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Assunta Passerini (The Assumption of the Virgin) c.1526–1528 Oil on panel, 379 × 222 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This large altarpiece, almost 4 meters high and 2 meters wide, represents the miracle of the Assumption of the…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) & Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Tributo a Cesare (Tribute to Caesar) 1520 (first phase); 1582 (second phase) Fresco, 502 × 537 cm Villa Medicea, Poggio a Caiano
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1517 Oil on panel, 66 x 50 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Madonna col Bambino e santi (The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome, Peter, Francis and an Unidentified Female Saint) c.1505 Oil on canvas, transferred from panel, 80.50 x 102.50 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Natività (The Nativity) 1523 Oil on panel, 46 x 35.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young woman and an older man kneel to either side of a nude baby outside of a barn-like structure in this vertical…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1490 Oil on panel, 170 x 115 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) c.1496 Oil on wood, 215 × 170.2 cm National Gallery, London The focus of this large altarpiece is the tiny infant Christ – he lies on the ground, his head supported…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Uomo su una scala (Man on a Ladder) 1504–1505 Oil on wood, 88.3 × 52 cm National Gallery, London This fragment of a larger painting shows an elderly man, almost bald but for a few tufts of white…