Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Parnaso (Parnassus) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 159 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned during the winter of 1496–1497 by Isabelle d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua (1474-1539) for the decoration of her first studiolo…
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Minerva caccia i vizi dal Giardino delle Virtù (Minerva chasing the Vices from the Garden of Virtue) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 160 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned by Isabella d’Este,…
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna col Bambino, San Giuliano e San Nicola (Madonna and Child surrounded by Saint Julian and Saint Nicolas of Myra) 1494 Oil on wood, 163 x 164 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris In place (cited by Vasari…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Madonna della melagrana (Madonna of the Pomegranate) 3rd quarter of the 15th century Oil? on poplar, 79.8 x 55 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris In all likelihood, a replica by Filippino of a lost original by Botticelli from…
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Pala Barbadori (Barbadori Altarpiece: Madonna and Child Surrounded by Angels, Saint Frediano and Saint Augustine) 1437 Oil? on poplar, 208 x 244 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Central panel of an altarpiece commissioned on March 8, 1437 by…
Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Saint Yves, patron saint of lawyers s.d. Gouache on two cardboard glued together, 300 x 312 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This cartoon was designed in the mid-1640s for the eight-piece ‘Proverbs’ hanging. On September 22, 1644, Jordaens…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) La felicità pubblica trionfa sui pericoli (Public happiness triumphs over dangers) 1st quarter of the 17th century Oil on canvas, 267 x 170 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 2nd quarter of the 17th century Oil on canvas, 157 x 225 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto c.1620…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) La presentazione al tempio (The Presentation in the Temple) c.1423 Oil on poplar, 26.5 x 62.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Element of the predella of the altarpiece painted in 1423 at the request of Palla Strozzi…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Virgin and Child with two Angels 1480–1490 Oil on panel, 36 x 26 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin appears seated in a walled garden, an allusion to the hortus conclusus or enclosed garden, which symbolizes…