Tag: Jesus

Maestà di Ognissanti (c.1300-1305)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Maestà di Ognissanti (Majesty of All Saints, Madonna and Child Enthroned, Angels and Saints) c.1300–1305 Tempera on wood, gold background, 325 x 204 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

Madonna col Bambino (c.1310-1315)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1310–1315 Tempera on poplar panel, 85.4 × 61.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman with pale skin holds a baby in the crook of her left arm, on our right, against…

Adorazione dei Magi (c.1320)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Adorazione dei Magi (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1320 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 45.1 x 43.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture—at once austere and tender—belongs to a series of seven showing the life of…

San Francesco riceve le stimmate (c.1300-1325)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) San Francesco riceve le stimmate (St. Francis receiving the stigmata) c.1300–1325 Tempera and gold on poplar, 313 x 163 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Signature: OPUS IOCTI FLORENTINI (“Work of Florentine Giotto”). At the predella: The dream of Innocent…

Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella (c.1288-1289)

Giotto (c.1267-1337) Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella (Crucifix of Santa Maria Novella) c.1288–1289 Tempera on wood, 578 x 406 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze At the center of the nave, high above the steps that separate the lower from the upper…

Madonna della Seggiola (c.1512)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna della Seggiola (Madonna of the Chair) c.1512 Oil on wood, diameter 71 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze Mary is seen from the side, seated on a ‘chamber chair’, a type of seat reserved for the high dignitaries of the papal…

San Giuseppe e Gesù Bambino (1767-1769)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Giuseppe e Gesù Bambino (Saint Joseph and the Christ Child) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 154 × 111.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit This imposing yet tender representation of Saint Joseph gently cradling the infant Jesus in…

Ecce Homo (c.1525-1530)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ecce Homo (Christ presented to the People) c.1525–1530 Oil on poplar, 99.7 x 80 cm National Gallery, London Correggio shows Christ bound and crowned with thorns at the moment when he is condemned to be crucified by Pontius Pilate.…

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1527-1529)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1527–1529 Oil on wood, 73 x 58 cm Private collection Compare: Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina c.1527–1531 National Gallery, London     Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina c.1529…

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1527-1531)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1527–1531 Oil on wood, 74.2 x 57.2 cm National Gallery, London The infant Christ turns to look back at his mother as he places a ring on Saint Catherine’s finger.…