Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Annunciazione (Annunciation from San Martino alla Scala) 1481 Detached fresco, 243 x 555 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The usual subject of the announcement to the Virgin Mary by archangel Gabriel is set in a renaissance palace, overlooking…
(1519–1589) Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de’ Medici Queen consort of France (1547–1559) Queen regent of France (1560–1563) Works commissioned by her: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II 1559–1564 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Born April 13 1519 Firenze (Italia)…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Dante méditant dans le jardin des Cascine à Florence (Dante meditating in the Cascine Garden in Florence) s.d. Engraving, 51 x 31 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Firenze (Italia)
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacra Famiglia Medici (Madonna and Child, Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist) c.1529 Oil on panel, 140 × 104 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Compare: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino c.1528 Metropolitan Museum of…
(c.1255–1300) Works: • Rime (Italian) • Sonnets and Ballate (English) Cavalcanti in Art: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Private collection Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Tate…