Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Tentazioni di San Gerolamo (Temptations of St. Jerome) 1541 Oil on panel, 170 x 122.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze In accordance with a literary tradition focusing on his period of solitude in the desert, St Jerome has…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) San Girolamo nel deserto (Saint Jerome in the Wilderness) c.1480 Oil on panel, 151.7 x 113.7 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
El Greco (1541-1614) San Juan Evangelista y San Francesco de Asís (St John the Evangelist and St Francis of Assisi) 1600 Oil on canvas, 110 x 86.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Riposo durante la fuga in Egitto con San Francesco (Rest on the flight into Egypt with St. Francis) c.1520 Oil on canvas, 120 x 105 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) La Fucina di Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) c.1564 Oil on copper, 38 x 28 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1587)
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1487 Tempera on panel, diameter 171.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ) probably about 1437–1445 Egg tempera on poplar, 167 × 116 cm National Gallery, London This is the earliest surviving work by the innovative Tuscan painter, Piero della Francesca. Very few…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) David c.1466–1469 Partially gilded bronze, 125 cm Museo del Bargello, Firenze See also: • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) San Girolamo nello studio (Saint Jerome in His Study) 1480 Fresco, 184 x 119 cm Chiesa di Ognissanti, Firenze Compare: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Sant’Agostino nello studio 1480 Chiesa di Ognissanti, Firenze
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) San Cristoforo (Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ) c.1473 Fresco, 284.5 x 149.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This imposing, well-preserved mural is an early work by Ghirlandaio, one of the most popular painters in late-fifteenth-century…