Masaccio (1401-1428) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) 1426 Egg tempera on wood, 134.8 x 73.5 cm National Gallery, London This was once the central panel of an altarpiece, probably a polyptych, made by Masaccio for the Carmelite church of Santa…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Tentazioni di San Gerolamo (Temptations of St. Jerome) 1541 Oil on panel, 170 x 122.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze In accordance with a literary tradition focusing on his period of solitude in the desert, St Jerome has…
Guercino (1591-1666) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) 1653 Oil on canvas, 253 x 169 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Work of the Bolognese school artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino, the painting depicts St Sebastian, officer of the Praetorian Guard of…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) San Girolamo nel deserto (Saint Jerome in the Wilderness) c.1480 Oil on panel, 151.7 x 113.7 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Riposo durante la fuga in Egitto con San Francesco (Rest on the flight into Egypt with St. Francis) c.1520 Oil on canvas, 120 x 105 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Ritratto di Lorenzo il Magnifico (Portrait of Lorenzo il Magnifico) c.1533–1534 Oil on panel, 90 x 72 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Lorenzo I de’ Medici (1449-1492)
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Madonna in adorazione di Gesù Bambino (Madonna in Adoration of the Child Jesus) 1518–1520 Oil on canvas, 81 x 77 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Autoritratto in aspetto di Medusa (Self-portrait as Medusa) post 1474 Pen, brush, ink on paper, 124 x 99 mm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze In the late 18th century, this work was recorded as “Mask in pen” in the…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1487 Tempera on panel, diameter 171.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) 1480–1490 Tempera on panel, 88 x 71 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze