Tag: NGA

Madonna col Bambino (c.1470)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1470 Tempera on panel, 74.5 x 54.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A young, pale-skinned woman with reddish-blond hair sits with a nearly nude, chubby toddler standing in her lap in this…

Madonna che adora il Bambino (1480-1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna che adora il Bambino (The Virgin Adoring the Child) c.1480–1490 Tempera on panel, diam. 58.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman kneels, angled to our left, and tips her face down toward a naked baby propped…

Giuliano de’ Medici (1478-1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Giuliano de’ Medici c.1478–1480 Tempera on panel, 75.5 x 52.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the chest up, a man with pale, yellow-tinged skin is angled to our right with downcast eyes in this vertical portrait…

Adorazione dei Magi (1478-1482)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1478–1482 Tempera and oil on panel, 68 x 102 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington About three dozen people gather in a grassy field to either side of a crumbling structure to…

Ritratto di giovane (c.1475-1480)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1475–1480 Tempera and oil on panel, 33 x 24.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Attributed to Antonello da Messina. Shown from the chest up, a clean shaven, young…

Madonna Benson (c.1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna Benson (Madonna and Child) c.1475 Oil and tempera on panel, 58.1 x 43.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up, a young woman embraces a baby in this vertical painting. They both have…

Naiade (1815-1823)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Naiade (Naiad) model 1815–1817, carved 1820–1823 Marble, 80 x 190 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Naiade 1819–1824 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York