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Davide (Porta del Paradiso)

Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Davide (David) 1425–1452 Gilt bronze Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze This is the nineth panel of the Gates of Paradise, with the story of David. See also: Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Porta del Paradiso 1425–1452 Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze    

L’âge d’or (1862)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’âge d’or (The Golden Age) 1862 Oil on paper mounted on panel, 46.4 x 61.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA

Conversione di san Paolo (c.1527-1528)

Parmigianino (1503-1540) Conversione di san Paolo (The Conversion of St Paul) c.1527–1528 Oil on canvas, 177.5 × 128.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna As the Acts of the Apostles recount, Saul was suddenly surrounded by heavenly light on his way to Damascus, where…

Ratto di Ganimede (c.1530)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ratto di Ganimede (Abduction of Ganymede) c.1530 Oil on canvas, 163.5 × 72 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Giove e Io c.1530 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna    

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (1510-1514)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) 1510–1514 Oil on panel, 136.2 × 123.2 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Compare: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina 1510–1515 National Gallery of Art, Washington     Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio…

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1520)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine) c.1520 Oil on panel, 28.5 x 23.5 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli Compare: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina 1510–1514 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit     Correggio (c.1489-1534) Matrimonio mistico…

Il ristoro miracoloso (1604-1605)

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…

Paesaggio con la Fuga in Egitto (c.1604)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Paesaggio con la Fuga in Egitto (Landscape with the Flight into Egypt) c.1604 Oil on canvas, 122 x 230 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma It is the leading element of the so-called “Aldobrandini Lunettes”, thanks to which the…

Vista di Vienna dal Belvedere (1758-1761)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Vista di Vienna dal Belvedere (Vienna Viewed from the Belvedere Palace) 1758–1761 Oil on canvas, 135 × 213 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This view of Vienna from the Upper Belvedere Palace, the summer palace of Prince Eugene of…