Tag: Italia

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

(1836–1912) Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA The artist’s works: Mary Magdalene 1854 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Cleopatra at Philae c.1855–1912 Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Education of the Children of Clovis 1861 Private collection An Egyptian in a Doorway 1865 Metropolitan Museum of…

Autoritratto come giovane uomo (c.1548)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Autoritratto come giovane uomo (Self-Portrait as a Young Man) c.1548 Oil on pine panel, 45.7 × 36.8 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London This early and forceful self-portrait, by one of the greatest Venetian painters, was done with…

La pesca miracolosa (c.1515-1516)

Raffaello (1483-1520) La pesca miracolosa (The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, Luke 5: 1-11) c.1515–1516 Cartoon for a tapestry, 322 × 401 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Raphael Cartoons are designs for tapestries and were commissioned from Raphael by Pope Leo…

Deposizione (c.1530)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Deposizione (The Entombment) c.1530 Etching and drypoint, 33.02 × 24.13 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee

San Giovanni Battista (c.1517)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) San Giovanni Battista (Saint John the Baptist) c.1517 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 71 x 50 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Compare: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) San Giovanni Battista c.1523 Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze