Tag: halo

Autoportrait au nimbe (1889)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Autoportrait au nimbe (Self-Portrait with Halo) 1889 Oil on wood, 79.2 x 51.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A dark-haired, disembodied head of a haloed man with pale, peach skin floats against a red and yellow…

San Girolamo penitente (c.1488-1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Girolamo penitente (St. Jerome in Penitence) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, h. 21 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This panel is part of the predella of the of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di…

Annunciazione (c.1488-1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Annunciazione (Annunciation) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, h. 21 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This panel is part of the predella of the of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di San Marco c.1488–1490 Galleria degli…

San Giovanni Evangelista a Patmos (c.1488-1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Giovanni Evangelista a Patmos (St. John the Evangelist on Patmos) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, h. 21 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This panel is part of the predella of the of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece:…

Pala di Sant’Ambrogio (c.1470)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di Sant’Ambrogio (Madonna and Child with Six Saints) c.1470 Tempera on panel, 170 x 194 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The Altarpiece of Sant’Ambrogio, depicting the Madonna with Child and Saints, painted around 1470, when the artist was…

Madonna della Melagrana (1487)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna della Melagrana (Madonna of the Pomegranate) 1487 Tempera on panel, diameter 143.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The Madonna and Child with Angels called “Madonna of the Pomegranate” is a 1487 panel on wood full of symbols and…

Pala delle Convertite (c.1491-1494)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala delle Convertite (The Trinity with Saints Mary Magdalen and John the Baptist) c.1491–1494 Tempera on panel, 215 x 192 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The Trinity with Saints is one of the most important paintings by Botticelli…