Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino e due sante (Madonna and Child with Two Saints) c.1493–1495 Oil on poplar wood, 86.5 × 63 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna “PETRUS PERUSINUS PINXIT” reads the signature placed bottom left in this half-length composition. Perugino‘s handling of…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ecce Homo (Christ presented to the People) c.1525–1530 Oil on poplar, 99.7 x 80 cm National Gallery, London Correggio shows Christ bound and crowned with thorns at the moment when he is condemned to be crucified by Pontius Pilate.…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Madonna delle ciliegie (Cherry Madonna) c.1516–1518 Oil transferred from canvas to wood, 81.6 × 100.2 × 1.1 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna On the left St. Joseph, on the right St. John the Boy and St. Zacharias. Similar to the…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) & Workshop Madonna col Bambino tra due sante (The Virgin and Child between two Saints) c.1490 Oil on panel, 77 x 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin holds the Christ Child in her arms, flanked by…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1480 Tempera with oil glazes on panel, 26.7 x 21.3 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Signed center bottom on cartellino: “IOHANNES BELLINUS” Sitting in the occhio e mezzo (eye…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Homme assis (Seated Man) 1905–1906 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 54.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This canvas is one of a set of plein-air paintings produced by Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence towards the end of his life. In it,…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de Georges Clemenceau (Portrait of Georges Clemenceau) 1879–1880 Oil on canvas, 115.9 x 88.2 cm Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Shortly after he became prime minister of France in 1906, Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) ordered Manet’s controversial painting…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Gamin aux cerises (Boy with Cherries) c.1858 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 54.5 cm Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa Behind the irreverent cheerfulness of the sitter, this portrait hides the tragedy of his fate. Alexandre, who washed Manet’s paintbrushes…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Pietà c.1460 Tempera on panel, 86 x 107 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano The panel, dated to the years between 1465 and 1470, marks an evident emancipation of the artist from the influence of Andrea Mantegna, to…
Bellini, Jacopo (c.1400-c.1470) Madonna col Bambino benedicente e cherubini (Madonna and Child Blessing) c.1455 Tempera on wood, 82 x 55 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Different ideas have been put forward regarding the original provenance of the panel, which, in the…