Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1470 Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 74.2 cm National Gallery, London Saint George and the dragon must be one of the most fantastic saints’ legends to come down to…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Santa Monica e due fanciulli oranti (Saint Monica and Two Praying Children) c.1430–1435 Tempera on panel, 79 x 35 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Donatello (1386-1466) David c.1440 Bronze, with traces of gilding, 158 cm Museo del Bargello, Firenze
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Putto in equilibrio su un globo (Putto Poised on a Globe) c.1480 Unbaked clay, 75 x 38.3 x 23 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Poised tiptoe on a globe, this chubby cherub seems to pirouette, inviting interest…
Verrocchio (1435-1488) & Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ) c.1470–1475 Tempera and oil on wood, 177 x 151 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The artist had the collaboration of his young pupil Leonardo, who executed the figure of…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) David c.1466–1469 Partially gilded bronze, 125 cm Museo del Bargello, Firenze See also: • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) San Girolamo nello studio (Saint Jerome in His Study) 1480 Fresco, 184 x 119 cm Chiesa di Ognissanti, Firenze Compare: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Sant’Agostino nello studio 1480 Chiesa di Ognissanti, Firenze
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1470–1475 Tempera on panel transferred to hardboard, 70.8 x 48.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Against a gold background, a blond woman is shown from the lap up, facing us as…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) San Cristoforo (Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ) c.1473 Fresco, 284.5 x 149.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This imposing, well-preserved mural is an early work by Ghirlandaio, one of the most popular painters in late-fifteenth-century…
