Tag: fresco

San Cristoforo (c.1473)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) San Cristoforo (Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ) c.1473 Fresco, 284.5 x 149.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This imposing, well-preserved mural is an early work by Ghirlandaio, one of the most popular painters in late-fifteenth-century…

Domenico Ghirlandaio

(1448–1494) Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi Domenico Bigordi, called “il Ghirlandaio” The artist’s works: Madonna col Bambino c.1470–1475 National Gallery of Art, Washington San Cristoforo c.1473 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madonna col bambino c.1475–1480 Musée du Louvre, Paris Ritratto…

Fra Angelico (Beato Angelico)

(c.1395–1455) born Guido di Pietro, called Fra Giovanni da Fiesole Blessed John of Fiesole, O.P. The artist’s works: Madonna col Bambino e santi c.1411–1413 San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Tebaide c.1417–1423 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest San Girolamo penitente 1419–1420…

Giotto

(c.1267–1337) Giotto di Bondone The artist’s works: Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella c.1288–1289 Santa Maria Novella, Firenze Maestà di Ognissanti c.1300–1305 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze San Francesco riceve le stimmate c.1300–1325 Musée du Louvre, Paris Bacio di Giuda c.1303–1306 Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padova Compianto…

Correggio

(c.1489–1534) Antonio Allegri da Correggio The artist’s works: Madonna Barrymore c.1505–1510 National Gallery of Art, Washington Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina 1510–1514 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina 1510–1515 National Gallery of Art, Washington Madonna col Bambino e San…

Il ristoro miracoloso (1604-1605)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Il ristoro miracoloso (The miraculous refreshment) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 126 x 230.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the Spanish banker Juan Enríquez de Herrera in the church of Santiago…

San Diego d’Alcalá riceve l’elemosina (1604-1605)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Diego d’Alcalá riceve l’elemosina (Saint Didacus of Alcalá receiving alms) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 126 x 223.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci painted these works without previous cartoons as part of a group for the…