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Battesimo di Cristo (c.1437-1445)

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…

Crocifissione (c.1460-1465)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Crocifissione (Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis) c.1460–1465 Tempera on panel, 45 x 67 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Vasari included a life of Uccello in the Vite. He described…

Putto in equilibrio su un globo (c.1480)

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…

Battesimo di Cristo (c.1470-1475)

Verrocchio (1435-1488) & Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ) c.1470–1475 Tempera and oil on wood, 177 x 151 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The artist had the collaboration of his young pupil Leonardo, who executed the figure of…

David (c.1466-1469)

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)

Madonna col Bambino (c.1470-1475)

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…