Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) c.1482 Drawing in charcoal, watercolour ink and oil on wood, 244 x 240 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze A document from July 1481 states that Leonardo da Vinci had received a…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Annunciazione (Annunciation) c.1472 Oil on panel, 90 x 222 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze A flourishing enclosed garden, in front of a Renaissance palace, evokes the hortus conclusus that alludes to the purity of Mary. Archangel Gabriel…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Madonna Benois 1478–1480 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 49.5 x 33 cm Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg One of the greatest geniuses of the Renaissance era, Leonardo da Vinci combined the talents of artist and scientist, inventor…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Madonna Litta mid 1490s Tempera on canvas (handed over from panel), 42 x 33 cm Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg This painting would seem to have been produced in Milan, where the artist moved in 1482. It was one…
(1475–1521) Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici Pope Leo X (1513–1521) Leo X in Art: Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto del Cardinale Bibbiena c.1516 Galleria Palatina, Firenze Works commissioned by him: Raffaello (1483-1520) Consegna delle chiavi del Regno c.1515–1516 Victoria and Albert Museum, London …
Giuliano della Rovere (1443–1513) Pope Julius II (1503–1513) Julius II in Art: Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di papa Giulio II 1511 National Gallery, London Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di papa Giulio II c.1512 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Works commissioned by him: Raffaello (1483-1520)…
Births: • Giuliano della Rovere (1443-1513), Pope Julius II (1503-1513) See also: • Cities | Italia
(1856–1925) The artist’s works: Wineglasses probably 1875 National Gallery, London En route pour la pêche 1878 National Gallery of Art, Washington A Street in Venice c.1880–1882 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Fumée d’ambre gris 1880 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Venetian Bead Stringers 1880 or 1882 Buffalo AKG…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Il Ratto di Proserpina (The Rape of Proserpina) 1621–1622 Marble, 255 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The work portrays the abduction of Proserpine by Pluto, god of the underworld. Narrated by both Claudian and Ovid, the myth tells…
