Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di gentildonna ispirata a Lucrezia (Portrait of a Woman inspired by Lucretia) c.1530–1533 Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 110.6 cm National Gallery, London A sumptuously dressed young woman stands between the back of an armchair and a table.…
(1480–1557) The artist’s works: Allegoria della castità c.1505 National Gallery of Art, Washington Allegoria della Virtù e del Vizio 1505 National Gallery of Art, Washington Madonna col Bambino e santi c.1505 Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Madonna con Bambino 1508 Galleria Borghese, Roma San Giuseppe…
(59 BC-17 AD) Titus Livius Works: • Roman History, Books I-III (English) • The History of Rome, Books 1 to 8 (English) • The History of Rome, Books 9 to 26 (English) • The History of Rome, Books 27 to…
(1469–1527) Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli Works: • Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius (English) • History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy (English) • La mandragola, La Clizia, Belfagor (Italian) • Machiavelli, Volume I (English)…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Lucretia 1664 Oil on canvas, 120 x 101 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Storia di Virginia Romana (The Story of Virginia) c.1505 Tempera on panel, 83.3 x 165.5 cm Accademia Carrara, Bergamo Botticelli embodies the cultured and antiquing climate that reigned in the Florence of Lorenzo the Magnificent. The painting, which is…
(c.1445–1510) Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi The artist’s works: Madonna col Bambino e angelo c.1465 Spedale degli Innocenti, Firenze Madonna col Bambino e un angelo c.1465–1467 Musée Fesch, Ajaccio Madonna col Bambino e angeli 1468–1469 Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli Madonna con Bambino,…
(1606–1669) Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn The artist’s works: 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s No date Rembrandt in Art: Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Rembrandt as Shepherd c.1636 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt’s influence in Art: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Self-Portrait when Young 1753–1758 Tate Britain, London …