Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Cristo conduce gli Apostoli sul monte Tabor (Christ Leading the Apostles to Mount Tabor) 1511–1512 Oil on canvas, 26.5 x 57.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Cristo conduce gli Apostoli sul monte Tabor (1511-1512)
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Visione di Sant’Agostino (c.1460)
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Visione di Sant’Agostino (Vision of St Augustine) c.1460 Tempera on panel, 28 x 51.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Originally part of an altar, this work takes its subject from a description of the life of St Augustine,…
Madonna col Bambino e quattro angeli (early 1420s)
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Madonna col Bambino e quattro angeli (Madonna and Child with Four Аngels) early 1420s Tempera on poplar panel, 81 x 51 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg This type of Madonna was widespread in Florence in the late 14th…
Adorazione di Gesù Bambino (c.1480)
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Adorazione di Gesù Bambino (Adoration of the Christ Child) c.1480 Tempera on canvas, diameter 33 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Filippino Lippi was the son of the artist-monk, Fra Filippo Lippi, and himself a pupil of Botticelli. This…
Santa Casilda (c.1630-1635)
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Casilda (Saint Casilda) c.1630–1635 Oil on canvas, 171 x 107 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Images of saints depicted alone, holding their attributes and looking out of the picture space were among the most popular compositions within…
Christ on the Cross (1627)
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Christ on the Cross 1627 Oil on panel, 105.3 x 73 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection When he returned to Antwerp after his sojourn in Italy, Anton van Dyck painted several Crucifixions for different churches…
La crocifissione (1745-1750)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) 1745–1750 Oil on canvas, 79.4 x 88.3 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
L’Annonciation (1890)
Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) L’Annonciation (The Annunciation) 1890 Oil on canvas, 34.9 x 47 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen Between 1888 and 1891, Émile Bernard together with Gauguin was the creator of Synthetism, the tendency that marked a historical turn…
Madonna dell’Umiltà (c.1425)
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Virgin of Humility) c.1425 Tempera on panel, 98.6 x 49.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Guido di Piero da Mugello, known as Friar Giovanni…
L’Annunciazione (c.1574)
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) L’Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1574 Oil on poplar, 216 x 166 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris