Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) late 1480s Oil on wood, 88.9 x 71.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Separated from our everyday world by a parapet, the Madonna nonetheless draws the viewer in with…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1470 Tempera, oil, and gold on wood, 54 x 40 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This early work by the Venetian painter, Giovanni Bellini, reveals the profound influence of…
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Edward VI as a Child probably 1538 Oil on panel, 56.8 x 44 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: PARVVLE PATRISSA, PATRIÆ VIRTVTIS ET HÆRES / ESTO, NIHIL MAIVS MAXIMVS ORBIS HABET. / GNATVM…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Ritratto di giovane, Antonio Broccardo? (Portrait of a Young Man, The Broccardo Portrait) c.1508–1510 Oil on canvas, 72.5 x 54 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Even today it is difficult to define what the advent of Giorgione…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Ritratto di giovane, Ritratto Giustiniani (Portrait of a Youth) early 16th century Oil on canvas, 59.2 x 47 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: V V Until 1884, the Portrait of a Young Man was found in the…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self Portrait at the Age of 34 1640 Oil on canvas, 91 x 75 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Rembrandt’s most famous self portraits, but it is also a painting concerned with history and illusion.…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1470 Tempera on panel, 57.7 x 43.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna con un angelo adorante (Madonna and Child with Adoring Angel) c.1468 Tempera on panel, 88.9 x 68 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Botticelli was one of the most individual and influential painters in Florence at the end of…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna Bardi (Madonna and Child Enthroned) 1484–1485 Tempera on poplar, 185 x 180 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The scheme of composition of the Virgin and Child enthroned, surrounded by saints and viewed in a unified, square picture, became extremely popular…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1476 Oil on panel, 37.4 x 29.5 cm Museo Civico d’Arte Antica, Torino The painted cartouche bears the date and the name of the artist. The man who looks at us with…