Tag: inscription

Ritratto di Lorenzo de’ Lorenzi (c.1492)

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 Art Museum, Philadelphia See also: • Lorenzi, Lorenzo de’ (c.1459-1502)

Ritratto d’uomo (1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1476 Oil on panel, 37.4 x 29.5 cm Museo Civico d’Arte Antica, Torino The painted cartouche bears the date and the name of the artist. The man who looks at us with…

Vergine Annunciata (c.1473-1474)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Vergine Annunciata (Virgin Annunciate) c.1473–1474 Oil and tempera on panel, 42.5 x 32.8 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich This panel painting, created for private devotional use, shows the Virgin Mary after being brought the message of the Annunciation.…

Annunciata (c.1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Annunciata (Virgin Annunciate) c.1475 Oil on wood panel, 45 x 34.5 cm Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo Compare: Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Vergine Annunziata c.1473–1474 Alte Pinakothek, Munich    

Ritratto di giovane (1478)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) 1478 Oil on walnut panel, 20.4 x 14.5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin An inconspicuous note, stuck as if by chance to the parapet in the foreground, states the year in…

Ritratto d’uomo (1474)

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

Ritratto d’uomo (c.1472-1476)

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…

Crocifissione (1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (Christ Crucified) 1475 Oil on wood, 41.9 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London Christ’s body hangs limply on the Cross; the torment of his crucifixion is almost over. He is supported in his final moments by…

Crocifissione (1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (Calvary) 1475 Oil on panel, 52.5 x 42.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The dead Christ hangs from the Cross on Golgotha, also known as Mount Calvary. The Virgin Mary is mourning at his…

Cristo benedicente (c.1465)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Cristo benedicente (Christ Blessing) c.1465 Oil on wood, 38.7 x 29.8 cm National Gallery, London Christ blesses the viewer with his right hand. Antonello has altered the original position of the fingers and hand, foreshortening them –…