Tag: figure

Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (c.1440-1460)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) & Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1440–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 137.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dozens of people line up around a shed-like structure and around stone ruins…

Storia di Lucrezia (c.1478-1480)

Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Storia di Lucrezia (The Story of Lucretia) c.1478–1480 Tempera on wood, 42 x 126 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The painting shows the death of Roman heroine, Lucretia, faithful, modest wife, raped by the king of the last…

Adorazione dei Magi (c.1480)

Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Adorazione dei Magi (The Adoration of the Kings) c.1480 Oil with some egg tempera on wood, 57.5 x 85.7 cm National Gallery, London A ruinous chapel-like building stands in a rocky landscape. The Virgin Mary sits on the…

Desco da parto (c.1423)

Masaccio (1401-1428) Desco da parto (Birth plate) c.1423 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 66 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the 15th century, it was customary in Florence to give families a so-called birth plate or desco da parto after the birth of…

La Fucina di Vulcano (c.1564)

Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) La Fucina di Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) c.1564 Oil on copper, 38 x 28 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1587)