Tag: NGA

Annunciazione (c.1423-1424)

Masolino da Panicale (c.1383-c.1440) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1423–1424 Tempera on panel, 148.8 x 115.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: on the Virgin’s prayerbook: virgo / [c]oncipiet / [e]t p[a]ri[et] / fili[um et vocabitur nomen eius] em[m]anuel / butirum et…

Madonna dell’Umiltà (1423-1424)

Masaccio (1401-1428) Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Madonna of Humility) 1423–1424 Tempera on panel, 105.6 x 54.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman holding a nude baby boy sits on a blue patterned pillow on the floor in front of a…

Putto in equilibrio su un globo (c.1480)

Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Putto in equilibrio su un globo (Putto Poised on a Globe) c.1480 Unbaked clay, 75 x 38.3 x 23 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Poised tiptoe on a globe, this chubby cherub seems to pirouette, inviting interest…

Giuliano de’ Medici (c.1475-1478)

Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Giuliano de’ Medici c.1475–1478 Terracotta, 61 x 66 x 28.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Verrocchio, a favorite artist of the Medici, may have created this lively and commanding portrait on the occasion of a joust…

Madonna col Bambino (c.1470-1475)

Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1470–1475 Tempera on panel transferred to hardboard, 70.8 x 48.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Against a gold background, a blond woman is shown from the lap up, facing us as…

Santa Maria Maddalena (c.1482-1485)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Santa Maria Maddalena (Saint Mary Magdalene) c.1482–1485 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 95 x 30.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino after the city in which he often lived, collaborated with other celebrated painters in one of…

Crocifissione (c.1482-1485)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Crocifissione (Crucifixion) c.1482–1485 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 101.5 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino after the city in which he often lived, collaborated with other celebrated painters in one of the most…

San Girolamo (c.1482-1485)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) San Girolamo (Saint Jerome) c.1482–1485 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 95 x 30.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino after the city in which he often lived, collaborated with other celebrated painters in one of the most…

Trittico Galitzin (c.1482-1485)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Trittico Galitzin (The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene) c.1482–1485 Oil on panel transferred to canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino after the city in which he often lived, collaborated with…

Madonna col Bambino (c.1500)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1500 Oil on poplar panel, 70.2 x 50 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Seen from the lap up, a woman wearing a marine-blue robe over a crimson-red dress holds a nude baby…