Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Trionfo della Castità e Amore sconfitto (Triumph of Chastity: Love Disarmed and Bound) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.7 x 133.4 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco (directly onto wet plaster), was part…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Minerva protettrice delle Arti e delle Scienze (Minerva as Protectress of the Arts and Sciences) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 73.5 x 88 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Prudenza (Allegory of Prudence) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 95.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the ceiling frescoes…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Fortezza (Allegory of Fortitude) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 95 x 99.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 – ten of which are in the National Gallery’s…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Sapienza Divina (Allegory of Divine Wisdom) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 138.5 x 65.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 – ten of which are in the…
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…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) La Fucina di Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) c.1564 Oil on copper, 38 x 28 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1587)
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1487 Tempera on panel, diameter 171.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Ritratto di guerriero con scudiero detto “Gattamelata” (Portrait of a warrior with a squire called “Gattamelata”) 1501–1502 Oil on canvas, 90 x 73 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
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…