Tag: Michelangelo

Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro (c.1500-1501)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Deposizione di Cristo nel sepolcro (The Entombment, or Christ being carried to his Tomb) c.1500–1501 Oil on wood, 161.7 × 149.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of perhaps only three surviving panel paintings by the great Florentine…

Due nudi che combattono

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Due nudi che combattono (Two Nudes Fighting) s.d. Pen and brown ink on laid paper, 7.9 x 4.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Disegno architettonico (1518)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno architettonico (Architectural Drawing) 1518 Pen and brown ink on paper, 14.5 x 17.7 cm British Museum, London This drawing represents a semi-octagonal structure in plan and elevation, and is of problematic interpretation: it is clearly related to a…

Jardinière des Titans (c.1877)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Jardinière des Titans (The “Titans” Jardinière) c.1877 Earthenware, 22 x 36 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Michelangelo (1475-1564)

Pietro Aretino

(1492–1556) Works: • Angelica (Italian) • Il divino Pietro Aretino a lo Imperadore ne la morte del Duca d’Urbino (Italian) • Il primo libro delle lettere (Italian) • Il secondo libro delle lettere (Italian) • La Cortigiana (Italian) • Dubbj…

Domenico Ghirlandaio

(1448–1494) Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi Domenico Bigordi, called “il Ghirlandaio” The artist’s works: Madonna col Bambino c.1470–1475 National Gallery of Art, Washington San Cristoforo c.1473 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madonna col bambino c.1475–1480 Musée du Louvre, Paris Ritratto…

Studio di un uomo nudo, in piedi (c.1524)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studio di un uomo nudo, in piedi (Study of a naked man, standing) c.1524 Black stone, on red chalk lines, traces of incision with a stylus, 38.5 x 24 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Project for one of the…

Studi di figure per la volta della Sistina (1510-1511)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi di figure per la volta della Sistina (Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling, verso) 1510–1511 Chalk over charcoal on paper, 34.3 x 24.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Universally considered one of the greatest artists of the Italian…

Studio per giovane nudo sul profeta Daniele (1510-1511)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studio per giovane nudo sul profeta Daniele (Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel, recto) 1510–1511 Chalk over charcoal on paper, 34.3 x 24.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Universally considered one of the greatest artists…

Studi per la Sibilla libica, recto (c.1510-1511)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla libica, recto (Studies for the Libyan Sibyl, recto) c.1510–1511 Chalk, 28.9 × 21.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Verso: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Studi per la Sibilla libica, verso c.1510–1511 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York…