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Mlle V. en costume d’espada (1862)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Mlle V. en costume d’espada (Mademoiselle V. in the Costume of an Espada) 1862 Oil on canvas, 165.1 x 127.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Manet depicted model Victorine Meurent (1844–1927) in the guise of a…

Carlo V nella battaglia di Mühlberg (1548)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Carlo V nella battaglia di Mühlberg (Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg) 1548 Oil on canvas, 335 cm x 283 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This portrait commemorates Charles V’s victory over the Schmalkaldic League at Mühlberg on…

Miracolo di sant’Eligio (c.1488-1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Miracolo di sant’Eligio (Miracle of St. Eligius) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, h. 21 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This panel is part of the predella of the of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di…

Storia di Virginia Romana (c.1505)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Storia di Virginia Romana (The Story of Virginia) c.1505 Tempera on panel, 83.3 x 165.5 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo Botticelli embodies the cultured and antiquing climate that reigned in the Florence of Lorenzo the Magnificent. The painting, which is…

Tre miracoli di San Zanobi (c.1500)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Tre miracoli di San Zanobi (Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius) c.1500 Tempera on wood, 67.3 x 150.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The picture dates about 1500 and is painted in the harsh style Botticelli evolved during…

Nastagio degli Onesti III (1483)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Nastagio degli Onesti, third episode 1483 Mixed method on panel, 83.5 x 142.5 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 the story of…