Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Madonna col Bambino e l’Arcangelo Gabriele (Virgin and Child with the Archangel Gabriel and an Unidentified Saint) s.d. Oil on wood panel, 88.5 x 56 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
Robbia, Luca della (1400-1482) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) s.d. Polychromed terracotta relief, 26 x 37 x 10.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton
El Greco (1541-1614) La Agonía en el huerto (The Agony in the Garden) c.1590–1595 Oil on canvas, 102.2 x 113.7 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo With his intensely personal style, El Greco (“the Greek”) is one of the most original…
David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) & Studio La mort de Socrate (The Death of Socrates) after 1787 Oil on canvas, 133 x 196 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton David depicts Socrates about to drink hemlock rather than endure exile after being convicted…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Prose 1879 Oil on wood panel National Museum Wales, Cardiff Pair: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Poetry 1879 National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (The Virgin and Child with Two Angels) c.1467–1469 Tempera on wood, 69.2 × 49.8 cm National Gallery, London The focus of this picture is the loving gaze which passes between the…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) & Workshop Pentecoste (Pentecost) c.1310–1318 Egg tempera on poplar, 45.5 × 44 cm National Gallery, London The simplicity of the storytelling, the inclusion of lively details – like the old man who turns his head to better hear the…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna Quaratesi (Madonna and Child with Angels) 1425 Tempera on wood, 139.9 × 83 cm National Gallery, London On loan from His Majesty The King This panel formed the centre of an altarpiece commissioned by a member…