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…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacra Famiglia con sant’Elisabetta e san Giovannino (Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist) c.1516 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 106 x 87 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
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…
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…
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…
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
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Assunta Passerini (The Assumption of the Virgin) c.1526–1528 Oil on panel, 379 × 222 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
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…
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…