Tag: Madrid

Apoteosi di San Francesco (1604-1605)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Apoteosi di San Francesco (The Apotheosis of Saint Francis) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 151 × 103.3 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci painted these works without previous cartoons as part of a group for the chapel…

Aeolus (early 17th century)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Aeolus early 17th century Oil on canvas, 140 x 126 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This work, together with Vulcano y el fuego (P1717), has been considered part of a possible series of four paintings that would…

Deposizione nel sepolcro (1559)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione nel sepolcro (The Entombment) 1559 Oil on canvas, 136 x 174.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian represented the Gospel account of the burial of Christ (Matthew 27: 57-61; Mark 15: 44-47; Luke 23: 50-54; John 19: 38-42)…

Madonna col Bambino tra due sante (c.1490)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) & Workshop Madonna col Bambino tra due sante (The Virgin and Child between two Saints) c.1490 Oil on panel, 77 x 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin holds the Christ Child in her arms, flanked by…

Adam (1507)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Adam 1507 Oil on panel, 209 x 81 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Dürer made this panel and its companion, Eve upon returning from his second trip to Italy in 1505. Both works constitute an effort to synthesize…

Eve (1507)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Eve 1507 Oil on panel, 209 x 80 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Like the painting of Adam, represented on a separate panel, Eve’s unstable posture, her rhythmical movements and her affected gestures are sometimes interpreted as a…

Portrait of a Man (1521)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of a Man 1521 Oil on panel, 50 x 36 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This portrait is one of Dürer’s great creations. It offers a three-quarters view of an unidentified person. Dürer places him in front…

Self-portrait (1498)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Self-portrait 1498 Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In the same year that he published the Apocalipsis cum figuris, Dürer painted himself as a gentleman, dressed in light toned clothes and looking his…