(c.1400-after 1452) Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini in Art: Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 National Gallery, London Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a man c.1438–1440 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin See also: • Merchants | Van…
San Giorgio Maggiore in Art: Canaletto (1697-1768) Bacino di San Marco da San Giorgio Maggiore c.1735–1744 Wallace Collection, London De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Isola di San Giorgio 1948 Private collection Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta della Piazzetta verso San Giorgio Maggiore…
Dukes of Urbino: • Montefeltro, Guidobaldo da (1472-1508) Urbino in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere di Urbino 1538 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Births: • Raffaello (1483-1520) See also: • Cities | Italia
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) L’Ultima Cena (The Last Supper) 1494–1498 Dry wall-painting, 460 x 880 cm Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milano Leonardo did not use the traditional fresco technique to paint the Last Supper and the lunettes. He chose a method that…
Basilica e Convento Domenicano di Santa Maria delle Grazie UNESCO World Heritage Site Completed: 1497 Address: Piazza di Santa Maria delle Grazie 2, 20123 Milano MI, Italia Website: https://legraziemilano.it/ Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano: Website: https://cenacolovinciano.org/ • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519):…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Ritratto di Musico (Portrait of a Musician) c.1485 Tempera and oil on panel, 44.7 x 32 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano The only painting on panel by Leonardo to have remained in Milan, this portrait was traditionally thought to…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La dama con l’ermellino, Cecilia Gallerani (Lady with an Ermine) c.1490 Oil and tempera on wood 53.4 x 39.3 cm Muzeum Czartoryskich, Kraków See also: • Gallerani, Cecilia (1473-1536)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Vergine delle rocce (The Virgin of the Rocks) c.1483–1486 Oil on wood transferred to canvas 199.5 x 122 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This painting is mentioned for the first time in 1625 at the Château de Fontainebleau.…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) San Girolamo (St. Jerome) c.1482 Oil on panel, 103 x 74 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano No information is available as to the destination of the painting and who it was commissioned by. Still in the sketch state it…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Ritratto di Ginevra de’ Benci (Portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci) c.1474–1478 Oil on panel 38.1 x 37 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This square portrait shows the head and shoulders of a young woman in front…