Parmigianino (1503-1540) Visione di san Girolamo (Vision of Saint Jerome) 1526–1527 Oil on poplar, 342.9 x 148.6 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece is the greatest work that Parmigianino painted in Rome. It was commissioned by Maria Bufolina for a burial…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) 1510–1514 Oil on panel, 136.2 × 123.2 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Compare: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina 1510–1515 National Gallery of Art, Washington Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna e Bambino con san Giovannino (The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) 1599–1600 Oil on panel, diameter 29 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This late work whose composition recalls those of Raphael, is…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) La sacra Famiglia con san Giovannino e santa Elisabetta (The Holy Family with St John the Baptist and St Elizabeth) c.1583 Oil on canvas, 100 x 76 x 3 cm Musée d’Arts, Nantes
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna del Silenzio (Madonna and Sleeping Child with the Infant St John the Baptist) c.1599–1600 Oil on canvas, 51.2 x 68.4 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna col Bambino, Santa Lucia e San Giovannino (The Madonna and Child with Saint Lucy and the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1587–1588 Oil on panel, 78.8 x 62.7 cm Private collection
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Giovanni Battista rende testimonianza (Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness) c.1600 Oil on copper, 54.3 x 43.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Annibale launched the vogue for landscapes in which nature is transformed by the…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna delle ciliegie (Cherry Madonna) c.1516–1518 Oil transferred from canvas to wood, 81.6 × 100.2 × 1.1 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna On the left St. Joseph, on the right St. John the Boy and St. Zacharias. Similar to the…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the meadow) 1505–1506 Oil on poplar, 113 × 88.3 × 3.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscription on the hem of Mary’s dress with the year M.d.V. (perhaps also M.D.V.I. to be read) The group,…
Blake, William (1757-1827) Baptism of Christ c.1799 Tempera over pen and ink on canvas, 32.4 x 49.2 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence