Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Giovane cavaliere in un paesaggio (Young Knight in a Landscape) c.1505 Oil on canvas, 218.5 x 151.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The canvas, signed and dated by Carpaccio on a cartellino to the right of the figure, was…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni 1489–1490 Mixed media on panel, 77 x 49 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This superb panel is a fine example of fifteenth-century Florentine portraiture. Artists of the time followed classical dictates: body proportions were idealised while…
(1468–1488) Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni Giovanna degli Albizzi in Art: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Venere e le tre Grazie offrono doni c.1483–1485 Musée du Louvre, Paris Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni 1489–1490 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Born December 18…
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Cristo e la Samaritana (Christ and the Samaritan Woman) 1310–1311 Tempera and gold on panel, 43.5 x 46 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This painting was part of the predella (the bottom tier) of the Maestà altarpiece made for…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Perseo e Andromeda (Perseus and Andromeda) 1554–1556 Oil on canvas, 183.3 x 199.3 cm Wallace Collection, London
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Madonna col Bambino e san Giovannino (The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist) c.1517–1519 Oil on panel, 106.5 x 81.3 cm Wallace Collection, London
Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) La Dogana con la Giudecca (Venice: the Dogana with the Giudecca) c.1770 Oil on canvas, 68.2 x 91.3 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • Punta della Dogana | Venezia (Italia)
(1274–1355) Marin Falier or Falieri Dux LV Doge della Repubblica di Venezia (1354–1355) Marino Faliero in Art: Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863) L’exécution du Doge Marino Faliero 1825–1826 Wallace Collection, London Born 1274 Venezia (Italia) Died April 17 1355 Venezia (Italia) Cause of death Execution (decapitation) Occupation Diplomat…
Canaletto (1697-1768) Bacino di San Marco dal Canale della Giudecca (Bacino di San Marco from the Canale della Giudecca) c.1735–1744 Oil on canvas, 130.2 x 190.8 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • Venezia (Italia)
Canaletto (1697-1768) Bacino di San Marco da San Giorgio Maggiore (Bacino di San Marco from San Giorgio Maggiore) c.1735–1744 Oil on canvas, 129.2 x 188.9 cm Wallace Collection, London See also: • San Giorgio Maggiore | Venezia (Italia)