Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1500 Tempera on panel, 53.6 x 37.9 cm Capilla Real, Granada
Orazione nell’orto (c.1500)
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San Girolamo (1498-1505)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Girolamo (Saint Jerome) c.1498–1505 Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel), 44.5 x 26 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Botticelli’s work originally consisted of four parts: the two central ones carrying an Annunciation scene and the side wings with…
San Domenico (1498-1505)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Domenico (Saint Dominic) c.1498–1505 Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel), 44.5 x 26 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Botticelli’s work originally consisted of four parts: the two central ones carrying an Annunciation scene and the side wings with…
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…
Madonna del Libro (1480-1481)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna del Libro (Madonna of the Book) 1480–1481 Tempera on panel, 58 x 39.6 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano This painting depicts the Virgin and Child reading a book that is only partially visible. The layout and decoration of…
Annunciazione di Cestello (1489-1490)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Annunciazione di Cestello (Cestello Annunciation) 1489–1490 Tempera on wood, 150 x 156 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Inscriptions: SPIRITUS SANCTUS SUPERVENIET IN TE ET VIRTUS ALTISSIMI OBUMBRABIT TIBI (Luca 1, 35) ECCE ANCILLA DOMINI FIAT MICHI SECUNDUM VERBUM TUUM…
Nastagio degli Onesti IV (1483)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Nastagio degli Onesti, fourth episode 1483 Tempera on panel, 83 x 142 cm Private collection These panels illustrate the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, the eighth novel of the fifth day of Boccaccio‘s Decameron. This is the story of Nastagio,…
Venere e Marte (c.1485)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Venere e Marte (Venus and Mars) c.1485 Tempera and oil on poplar, 69.2 x 173.4 cm National Gallery, London Venus, the goddess of love, looks over at her lover Mars. She is alert and dignified, while he – the…
Crocifissione (1475)
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (Christ Crucified) 1475 Oil on wood, 41.9 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London Christ’s body hangs limply on the Cross; the torment of his crucifixion is almost over. He is supported in his final moments by…
Crocifissione (1475)
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (Calvary) 1475 Oil on panel, 52.5 x 42.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The dead Christ hangs from the Cross on Golgotha, also known as Mount Calvary. The Virgin Mary is mourning at his…