Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Madonna della Scala (The Virgin and Child between Saint Matthew and an Angel) 1522 Oil on panel, 177 x 135 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child, flanked on the right by an…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Ritratto di donna (Portrait of a Woman) c.1514 Oil on panel, 73 x 56 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This half-length portrait of an anonymous woman is traditionally though to be of the painter’s wife, Lucrecia del Fede,…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere, Adone e Cupido (Venus, Adonis and Cupid) c.1590 Oil on canvas, 212 x 268 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Venus, the Roman goddess of Love and Beauty, is accidentally wounded by one of her son Cupid’s arrows,…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna e Bambino con san Giovannino (The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) 1599–1600 Oil on panel, diameter 29 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This late work whose composition recalls those of Raphael, is…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Diego salva il ragazzo addormentato nel forno (Saint Didacus saves the sleeping boy in the oven) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 132 x 208 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Il ristoro miracoloso (The miraculous refreshment) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 126 x 230.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the Spanish banker Juan Enríquez de Herrera in the church of Santiago…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Diego d’Alcalá riceve l’elemosina (Saint Didacus of Alcalá receiving alms) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 126 x 223.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci painted these works without previous cartoons as part of a group for the…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) San Diego d’Alcalá riceve l’abito francescano (Saint Didacus of Alcalá receiving the franciscan habit) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 132 x 211.1 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci painted these works without previous cartoons as part of a group…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Affreschi della Cappella Herrera (Mural Paintings from the Herrera Chapel) 1604–1606 Fresco transferred to canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Apostoli intorno al sepolcro vuoto 1604–1606 Museu Nacional d’Art de…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) L’estasi di Maria Maddalena (The Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene) 1585–1600 Oil on panel, 37.5 x 29.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid According to the Golden Legend, after the death of Christ his follower Mary Magdalene moved to the…