Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Nemesis c.1502 Engraving on white antique laid paper, 32.6 × 22.4 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Nemesis (c.1502)
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The Lamentation of Christ (1521)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) The Lamentation of Christ 1521 Brown ink on white antique laid paper, 29 x 21 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Jacques Offenbach
(1819–1880) Jacob Offenbach “Le Petit Mozart des Champs-Élysées” Works: • Cancan • La Belle Hélène (1864) • La Fille du tambour-major (1879) • La Grande-duchesse de Gérolstein (1867) • La Périchole (1868) • La Vie parisienne (1866) • Les Contes…
San Sebastiano (1474)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) 1474 Tempera on poplar panel, 195 x 75 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The Roman officer Sebastian was supposed to renounce his Christian faith in order to serve as the bodyguard of the Emperor Diocletian. When he…
Madonna col Bambino e otto angeli (c.1480)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e otto angeli, Raczyński Tondo (Madonna and Child with Eight Angels) c.1480 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 136.5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin It is possible that this circular picture used to belong to the Brothers of S.…
Madonna Bardi (1484-1485)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna Bardi (Madonna and Child Enthroned) 1484–1485 Tempera on poplar, 185 x 180 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The scheme of composition of the Virgin and Child enthroned, surrounded by saints and viewed in a unified, square picture, became extremely popular…
Giuliano de’ Medici (1478)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Giuliano de’ Medici 1478 Tempera on poplar, 57.1 x 38.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Attributed to Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) Giuliano de’ Medici, the younger brother of Lorenzo the Magnifico, was murdered in Florence Cathedral in 1478 at the age…
Compianto sul Cristo morto (c.1490-1495)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation over the Dead Christ) c.1490–1495 Tempera on poplar panel, 140 x 209.2 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Botticelli created this depiction of a Pieta for meditation on the Passion, surrounded by female mourners and saints…
Ultimo miracolo e morte di san Zanobi (c.1500)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ultimo miracolo e morte di san Zanobi (Last Miracle and Death of Saint Zenobius) c.1500 Tempera on poplar, 66 x 182 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden The plaque was part of a cycle that tells of the miracles of…
Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (c.1480-1485)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Simonetta Vespucci (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci) c.1480–1485 Mixed technique on poplar, 81.3 x 50 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt Idealised Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as Nymph) The fantastical accoutrements in this larger-than-life-size half-length painting…