Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (Virgin and Child with Two Angels) c.1470 Tempera on panel, 78.2 × 55.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Attributed to Francesco Botticini.
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna con Bambino e angelo (Virgin and Child with an Angel) 1475–1485 Tempera on panel, 85.8 × 59.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this humanizing yet idealized depiction of the Virgin Mary embracing the baby Jesus, Sandro…
Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Testa di donna (Woman’s Head) 1909 Graphite on paper, with pen and black ink ruled lines, 38.2 × 39.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Autoportrait en chimère (Self-Portrait as a Chimera) c.1880 Bronze, 31.8 x 34.9 x 31.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago French actor and artist Sarah Bernhardt was perhaps the first global superstar, with legions of admirers spread across…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico di Jacopo di Matteo, called ‘Becuccio Bicchieraio’ c.1528–1530 Oil on panel, 86 x 67 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Compare: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico da Gambassi c.1525–1528 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Gambassi,…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) San Luca (Saint Luke) 1570–1571 Oil on panel, 177.8 × 99.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Saint Luke and Saint Mark panels were part of a commission from Pope Pius V in 1569 to decorate the newly…
Valadon, Suzanne (1865-1938) La Toilette 1895 Etching on laid paper, 22.7 x 22.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Sposalizio della Vergine (The Marriage of the Virgin) c.1490–1491 Tempera on panel, 21.6 x 48 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Schiele, Egon (1890-1918) Self-Portrait c.1917, cast c.1925–1928 Bronze, 27.6 x 18.4 x 25.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Desdemona’s Death-Song 1878–1880 Black chalk over traces of red chalk on two joined sheets of blue-green paper, 127 x 101.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)