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La Vergine e il Bambino in trono (c.1440-1444)

Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) La Vergine e il Bambino in trono (The Virgin and Child Enthroned) c.1440–1444 Fresco, transferred to canvas, 241 x 120.5 cm National Gallery, London This is the central part of a fresco which was once flanked by two standing…

Monaco che tiene una croce (c.1445-1448)

Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) Monaco che tiene una croce (Monk holding a Cross) c.1445–1448 Tempera on panel. 69 x 44 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Almost nothing is known about the early years and training of Domenico Veneziano, an enigmatic artist of the…

San Girolamo penitente (1634)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) San Girolamo penitente (Saint Jerome in penitence) 1634 Oil on canvas, 126 × 78 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Saint Jerome in penitence is one of the episodes from the life of a saint whom Ribera depicted on a…

Martirio di San Bartolomeo (1634)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Martirio di San Bartolomeo (The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew) 1634 Oil on canvas, 104 x 113 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A popular subject in Counter–Reformation Italy and Spain, Ribera‘s profoundly moving work portrays the apostle’s…

Pietà (early 1620s)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Pietà (The Lamentation over the Dead Christ) early 1620s Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 181 cm National Gallery, London Ribera captures the moment when Christ’s lifeless body is laid out after it has been brought down from the…

Allegoria della Giustizia (early 1680s)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Giustizia (Allegory of Justice) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 99.9 × 96 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the ceiling frescoes…

Natività (c.1420-1422)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Natività (Nativity) c.1420–1422 Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 72.1 × 42.6 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles