Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1500 Oil on poplar panel, 70.2 x 50 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Seen from the lap up, a woman wearing a marine-blue robe over a crimson-red dress holds a nude baby…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Consegna delle chiavi (The Delivery of the Keys) 1481–1482 Fresco, 335 × 550 cm Cappella Sistina, Vaticano
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Madonna col Bambino e santi (Madonna and Child with Saints) c.1411–1413 Tempera on panel, 43 x 22 cm San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Incoronazione della Vergine (Coronation of the Virgin) c.1434–1435 Tempera on poplar, 209 x 206 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The miter-shaped cutout of the painted surface at the top is original. Main register of an altarpiece from which elements…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) I precursori di Cristo con santi e martiri (The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.9 x 63.5 cm National Gallery, London This panel comes from the predella (the lowest part) of an…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Cristo glorificato nella corte del cielo (Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.7 x 73 cm National Gallery, London Christ, hovering on wispy clouds, is surrounded by angels who sing, dance and play…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1420–1423 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 63.8 x 48.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This early work by Fra Angelico accentuates the drama of the Crucifixion by showing the Virgin collapsed in grief with…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1440 Tempera transferred to canvas, laid down on wood, gold ground, 34 x 50.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York To the left of the Crucifixion are shown Saints Monica, her son Augustine, and Peter…
Cimabue (1240-1302) Cristo deriso (Christ Mocked) c.1280 Tempera and gold on poplar, 25.8 × 20.3 cm Private collection
Cimabue (1240-1302) Maestà con due angeli (The Virgin and Child with Two Angels) c.1280–1285 Egg tempera on wood, 25.6 × 20.8 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the earliest paintings in the National Gallery’s collection and a rare surviving…