Tag: MNP

Assunzione della Vergine (1588-1590)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Assunzione della Vergine (The Assumption of the Virgin) 1588–1590 Oil on canvas, 130 × 97 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci’s Assumption of the Virgin now in the Museo del Prado is first mentioned in the so-called…

Apoteosi dell’apostolo Giacomo (1604-1605)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Apoteosi dell’apostolo Giacomo (The Apotheosis of the Apostle James) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 151.3 × 103.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The paintings in the chapel paid for by the Spanish banker Juan Enríquez de Herrera in the…

Apoteosi di San Lorenzo (1604-1605)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Apoteosi di San Lorenzo (The Apotheosis of Saint Lawrence) 1604–1605 Fresco transferred to canvas, 152.5 × 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Annibale Carracci painted these works without previous cartoons as part of a group for the chapel of San…

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…