Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria dell’Agricoltura (Allegory of Agriculture) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 121.4 x 192 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the ceiling frescoes in…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Apoteosi dei Medici (Apotheosis of the Medici) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 139 x 65.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 paintings – ten of which are in…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Omaggio a Velázquez (A Homage to Velázquez) c.1692–1700 Oil on canvas, 205.2 x 182.2 cm National Gallery, London The title of this painting originates from the idea that the man seated in the centre represents Diego Velázquez at the…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) 1701 Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 48.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1692 Giordano was summoned to Spain as court painter to King Charles II. Charles was succeeded in…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Trasfigurazione di Cristo (Transfiguration of Christ) 1685 Oil on canvas, 240 x 320 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: San Nicola salva una nave da un naufragio (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: St Nicholas saves a ship from a shipwreck) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: San Nicola resuscita tre fanciulli messi in salamoia (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: St. Nicholas resurrects three boys put in brine) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1423 Tempera on panel, 300 × 282 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Predella: Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) La presentazione al tempio c.1423 Musée du Louvre, Paris
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Natività (Nativity) c.1420–1422 Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 72.1 × 42.6 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles In this painting Gentile da Fabriano combined several different devotional and biblical subjects: the Madonna of Humility, the Nativity, and the…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ratto di Europa (The Rape of Europa) c.1570 Oil on canvas glued to oak panel, 59.5 x 70 cm National Gallery, London The story of the Rape of Europa is told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Mercury is ordered by his…