Masaccio (1401-1428) Trinità (The Holy Trinity) 1425–1426 Fresco, 667 x 317 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze In the third arcade of the left nave, in place of the altar, one can admire the fresco of the Holy Trinity (1425-1426) by Tommaso…
El Greco (1541-1614) San Juan Evangelista y San Francesco de Asís (St John the Evangelist and St Francis of Assisi) 1600 Oil on canvas, 110 x 86.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Crocifissione (Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis) c.1460–1465 Tempera on panel, 45 x 67 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Vasari included a life of Uccello in the Vite. He described…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino e santi (Madonna and Child with Saints) 1493 Oil on poplar wood, 186 × 172 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Mary with Child and St. Peter, John the Evangelist (?), John the Baptist and Paul. Signature: On the…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation over the Dead Christ) 1495 Oil on wood, 220 x 195 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Inscription: PETRUS PERUSINUS PINXIT A.D. MCCCCLXXXXV The body of Christ taken down from the cross is lying over…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Crocifissione (Crucifixion) c.1482–1485 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 101.5 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino after the city in which he often lived, collaborated with other celebrated painters in one of the most…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Trittico Galitzin (The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene) c.1482–1485 Oil on panel transferred to canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino after the city in which he often lived, collaborated with…
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) 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…
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…