Tag: Italia

Gregorio Vecellio

(?-1538) Gregorio Vecellio in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Uomo in armatura c.1530 Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano   Died 1538 Son Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Occupation Councillor Soldier

Nicolosia Bellini

Nicolosia Mantegna, née Bellini Nicolosia painted by her brother Giovanni (left) and by her husband (right). Nicolosia in Art: Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio c.1470 Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia     Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Presentazione al Tempio c.1454 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin   Born Venezia (Italia) Died Mantova (Italia)…

Due Apostoli (Late 16th century)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Due Apostoli (Two Apostles) Late 16th century Oil on canvas, 47 x 38.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia This painting is likely a fragment of (or perhaps a study for) a larger painting of the Last Supper. Although the…

Cattura di Cristo (1621)

Guercino (1591-1666) Cattura di Cristo (The Betrayal of Christ) 1621 or earlier Oil on canvas, 115.3 x 142.2 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Companion: Guercino (1591-1666) Incredulità di san Tommaso 1621 National Gallery, London    

Adorazione dei pastori (late 15th-early 16th century)

Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Adorazione dei pastori (Adoration of the Shepherds) late 15th-early 16th century Oil on canvas (probably transferred from wood), 163 × 163.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Adorazione dei pastori c.1496 National Gallery, London    

Caterina de’ Medici (France)

(1519–1589) Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de’ Medici Queen consort of France (1547–1559) Queen regent of France (1560–1563) Works commissioned by her: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II 1559–1564 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam   Born April 13 1519 Firenze (Italia)…