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Cristo e il centurione (c.1571)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Cristo e il centurione (Christ and the Centurion) c.1571 Oil on canvas, 192 × 297 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid With a halo of sainthood over his head, Jesus extends his arm to the centurion who, having converted to…

Venere e Adone (c.1586)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone (Venus and Adonis) c.1586 Oil on canvas, 68 × 52 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone c.1580 Museo del Prado, Madrid     See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)

La Bella Nani (c.1560)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) La Bella Nani (Portrait of a Venetian woman) c.1560 Oil on canvas, 119 × 103 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris At the time of its rediscovery at the end of the 19th century, it was thought that this portrait…

Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (1547-1548)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria) 1547–1548 Oil on canvas, 145.5 × 205 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina c.1547–1550 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven…

Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1547-1550)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria) c.1547–1550 Oil on canvas, 57.8 × 91.4 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina 1547–1548 Hermitage Museum, Saint…

Madonna Rucellai (c.1285)

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Madonna Rucellai (Virgin and Child enthroned, surrounded by angels) c.1285 Tempera on wood, gold background, 450 x 290 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

Madonna col Bambino (c.1290-1300)

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1290–1300 Tempera and gold on wood, 27.9 x 21 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This lyrical work inaugurates the grand tradition in Italian art of envisioning the sacred figures…

San Paolo (c.1330)

Memmi, Lippo (c.1291-1356) San Paolo (Saint Paul) c.1330 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 95.9 x 48.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Converted to Christianity on the road to Damascus, Paul became known as the apostle to the Gentiles. He…

San Ansano (c.1326)

Martini, Simone (c.1284-1344) San Ansano (Saint Ansanus) c.1326 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 57.5 x 38.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This panel, together with a related work depicting the Madonna and Child in the Robert Lehman Collection (1975.1.12)…