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Compianto sul Cristo morto (1495)

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…

Crocifissione (c.1482-1485)

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…

San Girolamo (c.1482-1485)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) San Girolamo (Saint Jerome) c.1482–1485 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 95 x 30.1 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…

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…

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini (1867)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1867 Watercolour and gouache on paper, 43.7 cm x 36.1 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Francesca da Rimini (c.1255-1285) | Malatesta, Paolo (c.1246-1285)

Paolo et Francesca (1814)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca (Paolo and Francesca) 1814 Oil on canvas, 35.3 cm x 28.4 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly The subject is taken from Inferno in Dante‘s Divine Comedy (14th century). It is, with the Stratonice, the only…

Paolo et Francesca (1819)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca (Paolo and Francesca) 1819 Oil on canvas, 50 x 41 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Francesca da Rimini et Paolo Malatesta 1819 Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne     Ingres,…

Le Martyre de saint Symphorien (1865)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Le Martyre de saint Symphorien (The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien) 1865 Oil on canvas, 36.7 x 31.6 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Ingres here depicts Saint Symphorien, a Roman Christian of the second or third century,…