Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Incontro dei pellegrini col Papa (The Meeting of the Pilgrims with the Pope) c.1492 Oil on canvas, 279 x 305 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the sixth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St.…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Incontro e partenza dei fidanzati (Meeting and departure of the fiancés) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 279 x 610 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the fourth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie…
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…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano (The Battle of San Romano) c.1438–1440 Egg tempera with walnut oil and linseed oil on poplar, 182 × 320 cm National Gallery, London It’s hard to follow what’s going on in this large and busy…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano (The Battle of San Romano) c.1455 Tempera on panel, 182 x 317 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Title: The Battle of San Romano: the counterattack of Micheletto Attendolo da Cotignola Panel originally, it seems, finished…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Apparizione di Cristo alla Vergine (Apparition of Christ to the Virgin) c.1490 Tempera and gold on poplar wood, 45 x 41.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Cristo glorificato nella corte del cielo (Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.7 x 73 cm National Gallery, London Christ, hovering on wispy clouds, is surrounded by angels who sing, dance and play…
Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Port de Trouville (Port of Trouville) 1891 Oil on canvas, 41 × 55.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Trouville-sur-Mer (France)
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Le port de La Rochelle (The Harbor of La Rochelle) 1851 Oil on canvas, 50.5 × 71.8 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven See also: • La Rochelle (France)
Canaletto (1697-1768) Capriccio: Un palazzo con cortile sulla laguna (Capriccio: A Palace with a Courtyard by the Lagoon) c.1750–1755 Pen, ink and brush on paper, 26.9 x 42.1 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Privileged young Europeans embarking on the Grand…