Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna at the Fountain 1439 Oil on panel, 19 x 12 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Inscriptions: frame, lower: A XAN/ IOHES DE EYCK ME FECIT + PLEVIT ANO 1439° The Virgin Mary lovingly cradles the…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (Madonna met kanunnik Joris van der Paele) 1436 Oil on panel, 124.5 x 160 cm / 148 x 184 cm (framed) Groeningemuseum, Bruges Inscriptions: Bible quote (top of list): HEC E[ST]…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Lucca Madonna c.1437 Oil on panel, 65.5 × 149.5 cm Städel Museum, Frankfurt No other work by Jan van Eyck conveys a sense of such immediate intimacy between the viewer and the figures depicted as this painting.…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Madonna in the Church c.1437–1440 Oil on oak panel, 31.1 x 13.9 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The Madonna in the Church is one of the most beautiful and precious works of art created by Jan van Eyck. Copies…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna del Prato (Madonna of the Meadow) c.1500–1505 Oil on synthetic panel, transferred from wood, 66.5 × 85.1 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary adores the Christ Child sleeping on her lap. Giovanni Bellini was one of…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (San Zaccaria Altarpiece) 1505 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 402 x 273 cm San Zaccaria, Venezia
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna con Bambino (Samuel H. Kress Collection) 1480–1485 Oil on panel, 52.3 x 41.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up, a young woman holds a baby up against her chest in this vertical…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Sant’Anna, la Vergine e il Bambino con l’agnellino (Virgin and Child with St Anne) c.1503–1519 Oil on poplar, 168 x 130 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This painting was started around 1503 at least, in Florence, then was…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Vergine delle rocce (Virgin of the Rocks) c.1491–1499 and 1506–1508 Oil on poplar, thinned and cradled, 189.5 x 120 cm National Gallery, London Full title: The Virgin with the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Vergine delle rocce (The Virgin of the Rocks) c.1483–1486 Oil on wood transferred to canvas 199.5 x 122 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This painting is mentioned for the first time in 1625 at the Château de Fontainebleau.…