Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) San Juan Bautista señalando a Cristo (Saint John the Baptist Pointing to Christ) c.1655 Oil on canvas, 270.2 × 184.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This is one of four large canvases devoted to the life…
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…
Blake, William (1757-1827) The Day of Judgment 1805 Pen, ink and watercolor, over graphite, on paper, laid down on tan board, 27.4 × 22.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Sant’Antonio Abate (Saint Anthony Abbot) 1440–1441 Tempera on panel, 39.4 x 14 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Trained initially as an illuminator, Fra Angelico became a Dominican friar early in his successful career as a painter. This panel…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Madonna con Bambino in gloria e Santi (Virgin and Child in Glory with Six Saints) c.1528 Oil on panel, 209 x 176 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This is the central panel of the Pala di Gambassi, commissioned…
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…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) San Marco (Saint Mark) 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 built Torre Pio (Pius Tower) in…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Madonna col Bambino, santi e angeli (Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels) mid or late 1510s Oil on panel transferred to hardboard, 155.7 x 135.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Robbia, Luca della (1400-1482) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1475 Glazed terracotta, 48.3 x 38.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna della melagrana (Madonna and Child with a Pomegranate) 1475–1480 Oil on poplar panel, 16.5 x 13.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from about the waist up, a woman stands on the far side of a…