Tag: Italia

Madonna Litta (mid-1490s)

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…

Leo X (Papa)

(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  …

Julius II (Papa)

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)…

John Singer Sargent

(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…

Il Ratto di Proserpina (1621-1622)

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…

Palazzo di Spagna (Roma)

Palazzo di Spagna (Palazzo Monaldeschi) Spanish Embassy to the Holy See and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Built: 1647 Address: Piazza di Spagna, 57 VA, 00187 Roma RM, Italia Website: https://www.embassypages.com/spain-embassy-holysee-holysee Collection: • Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680): Anima dannata (1619) See also:…

Enea, Anchise e Ascanio (1619)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Enea, Anchise e Ascanio (Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius) 1619 Marble, h. 220 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This is the first large sculpture group produced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Scipione Borghese, for which a payment receipt dating…