Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Ritratto di guerriero con scudiero detto “Gattamelata” (Portrait of a warrior with a squire called “Gattamelata”) 1501–1502 Oil on canvas, 90 x 73 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Madonna col Bambino e quattro angeli (Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels) c.1460–1470 Oil on panel, transferred to fabric on panel, 107.8 x 78.4 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Natività (The Nativity) early 1480s Oil on poplar, 124.4 x 122.6 cm National Gallery, London Piero della Francesca depicted Christ’s Nativity as a miraculous vision materialising on top of a hill near his hometown in rural Tuscany. He…
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…
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ) probably about 1437–1445 Egg tempera on poplar, 167 × 116 cm National Gallery, London This is the earliest surviving work by the innovative Tuscan painter, Piero della Francesca. Very few…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George slaying the dragon) c.1430 Tempera and gold on panel, 62.2 x 38.8 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago c.1470 National Gallery, London …
Donatello (1386-1466) David c.1440 Bronze, with traces of gilding, 158 cm Museo del Bargello, Firenze
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) David c.1466–1469 Partially gilded bronze, 125 cm Museo del Bargello, Firenze See also: • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1470–1475 Tempera on panel transferred to hardboard, 70.8 x 48.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Against a gold background, a blond woman is shown from the lap up, facing us as…