Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività di Gesù con san Giovannino (The Birth of Christ) 1476–1478 Fresco, 200 x 300 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze The lunette on the central portal of the Basilica.
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività mistica (Mystic Nativity) 1500 Oil on canvas, 108.6 x 74.9 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ reaches up towards the Virgin Mary, oblivious of his visitors – the Three Kings on the left and the shepherds on…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1478–1482 Tempera and oil on panel, 68 x 102 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About three dozen people gather in a grassy field to either side of a crumbling structure to…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Kings) c.1475 Tempera on panel, 111 x 134 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Sandro Botticelli painted the Adoration of the Magi around 1475: at the time he was a young artist, protected by…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Sacra Famiglia sotto la quercia (Holy Family below the Oak) 1518–1520 Oil on panel, 144 x 110 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Leaning on a classical ruin, Saint Joseph looks at the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in her…
Raffaello (1483-1520) La Perla (The Holy Family, or La Perla) c.1518 Oil on panel, 147.4 x 116 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Philip IV called this painting The Pearl, as it was his favorite among all those in his collection. The…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Sacra Famiglia con l’agnello (Holy Family with the Lamb) 1507 Oil on panel, 28 x 21.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In 1504, after training with Perugino, Raphael moved from Perugia to Florence, where he remained for four years…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna della Rosa (Madonna of the Rose) c.1517 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 103 x 84 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first verified Spanish documentation of Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist or Madonna of…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna di Loreto, Madonna del Velo (Madonna of Loreto, Madonna of the Veil) c.1509–1512 Oil on poplar panel, 120 x 90 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly This painting was only identified as an original by Raphael in 1976; the Duke of…