Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Battesimo ed elezione di San Zanobi (Baptism of St Zenobius and His Appointment as Bishop) c.1500 Tempera on wood, 66.7 x 149.2 cm National Gallery, London Four Scenes from the Early Life of Saint Zenobius. This painting was made…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Nastagio degli Onesti, first episode 1483 Mixed method on panel, 82.3 x 139 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid These panels illustrate the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, the eighth novel of the fifth day of Boccaccio‘s Decameron. This is…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto di Lorenzo de’ Lorenzi (Portrait of Lorenzo de’ Lorenzi) c.1492 Oil on panel, 50.8 x 36.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia See also: • Lorenzi, Lorenzo de’ (c.1459-1502)
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Kings) c.1470–1475 Tempera on poplar, diameter 130.8 cm National Gallery, London Botticelli painted at least six scenes of the Adoration of the Kings. This, one of his most expansive and ambitious, is painted…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo, Il Condottiere (Portrait of a Man (Giorgio Corner (1454-1527)?), known as The Condottiere) 1475 Oil on poplar, 36.2 x 30 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Inscription: S.D.m.b. on the cartellino: 1475 / Antonellus messaneus me…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1474 Oil on poplar, 34.1 x 27.1 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION: .1474./Antonellus messanus / me pinxit
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1475–1476 Oil on poplar, 35.6 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London This small painting shows how Antonello revolutionised Venetian portraiture in the late fifteenth century: the three-quarter pose, dark background and…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1472–1476 Oil on panel, 27.5 x 21 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Antonello da Messina, who according to Vasari learned the technique of oil painting directly from Van Eyck during a trip…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1476 Oil and tempera on panel, 31 x 25.2 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma As is usual with Antonello’s portraiture, the figure is depicted in a three-quarter-length view of a half-bust against…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1470 Oil on wood, 27 x 20.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Trained in Naples in the Netherlandish technique of oil painting, Antonello set the standard for…