Tag: Jesus

Adorazione dei Magi (1478-1482)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1478–1482 Tempera and oil on panel, 68 x 102 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About three dozen people gather in a grassy field to either side of a crumbling structure to…

Madonna col Bambino e un angelo (c.1465-1467)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e un angelo (Virgin and Child Supported by an Angel in a Garland) c.1465–1467 Tempera on wood, 112 x 74 cm Musée Fesch, Ajaccio Botticelli, like most of the artists gathered in this room, is Florentine.…

Adorazione dei Magi (c.1475)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Kings) c.1475 Tempera on panel, 111 x 134 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Sandro Botticelli painted the Adoration of the Magi around 1475: at the time he was a young artist, protected by…

Adorazione dei Magi (1470-1475)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Kings) c.1470–1475 Tempera on poplar, diameter 130.8 cm National Gallery, London Botticelli painted at least six scenes of the Adoration of the Kings. This, one of his most expansive and ambitious, is painted…

Adorazione dei Magi (c.1470)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) & Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Kings) c.1470 Tempera on wood, 50.2 x 135.9 cm National Gallery, London Images showing the Adoration of the Kings were particularly important in Florence, where the citizens celebrated Epiphany…

Cristo morto sostenuto dagli angeli (c.1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Cristo morto sostenuto dagli angeli (Dead Christ Supported by Three Angels) c.1476 Oil on panel, 145 x 85 cm Museo Correr, Venezia Nothing is known about this masterpiece before it became part of the Teodoro Correr collection;…

Pala di San Cassiano (1475-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Pala di San Cassiano (San Cassiano Altarpiece) 1475–1476 Oil on poplar panel Center table: Madonna and Child, 115 × 63 cm Left panel: Saint Nicholas of Bari and Saint Magdalene (?), 55.5 × 35 cm Right…

Madonna Benson (c.1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna Benson (Madonna and Child) c.1475 Oil and tempera on panel, 58.1 x 43.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up, a young woman embraces a baby in this vertical painting. They both have…

Madonna del Rosario (1473)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna del Rosario (Madonna of the Rosary Enthroned) 1473 Oil on panel, 129 x 76 cm Museo Regionale, Messina This is the central panel of the Saint Gregory Polyptych. Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Polittico di San Gregorio 1473…