Tag: Italia

Andrea del Verrocchio

(1435–1488) Andrea di Michele di Francesco de’ Cioni, called “Il Verrocchio” The artist’s works: San Girolamo c.1460 Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Studio di panneggio late 1460s-early 1470s Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago David c.1466–1469 Museo del Bargello, Firenze Madonna col Bambino e due angeli c.1467–1469…

San Girolamo nello studio (1480)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) San Girolamo nello studio (Saint Jerome in His Study) 1480 Fresco, 184 x 119 cm Chiesa di Ognissanti, Firenze Compare: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Sant’Agostino nello studio 1480 Chiesa di Ognissanti, Firenze    

Madonna col Bambino (c.1470-1475)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1470–1475 Tempera on panel transferred to hardboard, 70.8 x 48.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Against a gold background, a blond woman is shown from the lap up, facing us as…

San Cristoforo (c.1473)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) San Cristoforo (Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ) c.1473 Fresco, 284.5 x 149.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This imposing, well-preserved mural is an early work by Ghirlandaio, one of the most popular painters in late-fifteenth-century…

Ritratto d’uomo (c.1477-1478)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1477–1478 Tempera on wood, 54.6 x 44.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The identity of the sitter of this portrait is unknown. It is an early work by Ghirlandaio, and…

La Visitazione (1491)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) La Visitazione (The Visitation) 1491 Tempera on poplar wood, 172 x 167 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

Ritratto di vecchio con nipote (1490)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Ritratto di vecchio con nipote (Portrait of an Old Man with his Grandson) 1490 Tempera on poplar wood, 62.7 x 46.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris It has sometimes been proposed to identify the old man with a…