Tag: gold

Santa Caterina (1522)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Santa Caterina (Saint Catherine) 1522 Oil on panel, 57.2 x 50.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up and nearly filling the picture, a young woman with pale skin, dressed in a jewel-toned gown and…

Allegoria della Virtù e del Vizio (1505)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Allegoria della Virtù e del Vizio (Allegory of Virtue and Vice) 1505 Oil on panel, 56.5 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Set on a strip of land under a cloud-filled sky and in front of…

Madonna col Bambino (c.1505-1507)

Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1505–1507 Oil and gold on wood, 51.4 x 47.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The artist gave this painting to his daughter as a gift in 1507, possibly to celebrate the…

Madonna col Bambino in trono e due angeli (c.1440)

Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino in trono e due angeli (Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels) c.1440 Tempera and gold on wood, transferred from wood, 122.6 x 62.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Virgin, known as “the…

San Lorenzo in trono con santi e donatori (c.1440s)

Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) San Lorenzo in trono con santi e donatori (Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors) c.1440s Tempera on wood, gold ground, 121.3 x 115.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Saint Lawrence is shown enthroned, with his feet…

Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (c.1440-1460)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) & Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1440–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 137.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dozens of people line up around a shed-like structure and around stone ruins…

Annunciazione (c.1435-1440)

Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1435–1440 Tempera on panel, 100 x 161 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Separated by a vertical, column-like partition, a woman to our right kneels opposite a winged angel to our left, who also kneels…