Tag: Mantegna

Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio (c.1470)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio (Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) c.1470 Oil on wood, 82 x 106 cm Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia Image: © Fondazione Querini Stampalia Onlus, Venezia The Presentation at the Temple is one of…

Anna Bellini

Anna Bellini in Art: Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio c.1470 Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia   Husband Jacopo Bellini (c.1400-c.1470) Son Gentile Bellini (c.1429-1507) Son Giovanni Bellini (c.1430-1516) Daughter Nicolosia Mantegna, née Bellini Son-in-law Andrea Mantegna (c.1431-1506)

Nicolosia Bellini

Nicolosia Mantegna, née Bellini Nicolosia painted by her brother Giovanni (left) and by her husband (right). Nicolosia in Art: Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio c.1470 Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venezia     Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Presentazione al Tempio c.1454 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin   Born Venezia (Italia) Died Mantova (Italia)…

Zuffa degli dei marini (1485-1488)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Zuffa degli dei marini (Battle of the Sea Gods, with Envy (Invidia) on the Left) 1485–1488 Engraving on paper, 27.6 x 41.1 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Fight between satyrs riding on hippocampi and old woman as personification of envy…

Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro (c.1480)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro (The Entombment of Christ) c.1480 Partially gilded bronze, silver, 24.4 cm × 44.9 cm × 2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Attributed to Andrea Mantegna (c.1431-1506). This extraordinary work combines the qualities of painting…

Madonna della Vittoria (4th quarter of the 15th century)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Madonna della Vittoria (The Virgin of Victory) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on poplar, 285 x 168 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The Virgin and Child surrounded by six saints (Michael, Andrew, Longinus, George, Elizabeth, the young…

La crocifissione (1456-1459)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) 1456–1459 Tempera on poplar, 76 x 96 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Central panel of the predella of the triptych commissioned by the apostolic prothonotary Gregorio Correr for the high altar of the church…

San Sebastiano (4th quarter of the 15th century)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 255 x 140 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Composition surrounded by a trompe-l’oeil porphyry border. Probably arrived in Aigueperse (Auvergne) on the occasion of the marriage…

Parnaso (4th quarter of the 15th century)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Parnaso (Parnassus) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 159 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned during the winter of 1496–1497 by Isabelle d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua (1474-1539) for the decoration of her first studiolo…