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San Paolo (c.1330)

Memmi, Lippo (c.1291-1356) San Paolo (Saint Paul) c.1330 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 95.9 x 48.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Converted to Christianity on the road to Damascus, Paul became known as the apostle to the Gentiles. He…

Sacrificio di Isacco (c.1529-1530)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1529–1530 Oil on poplar wood, 213 x 159 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Compare: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco c.1527 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland     Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio…

Sacrificio di Isacco (c.1527)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1527 Oil on wood, 178 x 138 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In this dramatic test of faith from the Old Testament book of Genesis, Abraham agrees to slay his…

Sacrificio di Isacco (c.1528)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1528 Oil on panel, 98 x 69 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This scene portrays the moment described in the Old Testament (Genesis 22, 1-19) in which, at the orders of…

Madonna delle Arpie (1517)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Madonna delle Arpie (Madonna and Child between St Francis of Assisi and St John the Evangelist) 1517 Oil on panel, 207 × 178 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze

Ritratto d’uomo (1528-1529)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1528–1529 Oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 66.7 x 50.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is probably the “natural seeming and very beautiful” portrait of a canon from Pisa…

Sacra Famiglia con san Giovannino (c.1528)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacra Famiglia con san Giovannino (The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1528 Oil on wood, 135.9 x 100.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York With this grandly solemn composition, Sarto demonstrated that…