Tag: perspective

Storia di Lucrezia (c.1478-1480)

Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Storia di Lucrezia (The Story of Lucretia) c.1478–1480 Tempera on wood, 42 x 126 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The painting shows the death of Roman heroine, Lucretia, faithful, modest wife, raped by the king of the last…

Trinità (1425-1426)

Masaccio (1401-1428) Trinità (The Holy Trinity) 1425–1426 Fresco, 667 x 317 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze In the third arcade of the left nave, in place of the altar, one can admire the fresco of the Holy Trinity (1425-1426) by Tommaso…

Madonna col Bambino (1426)

Masaccio (1401-1428) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) 1426 Egg tempera on wood, 134.8 x 73.5 cm National Gallery, London This was once the central panel of an altarpiece, probably a polyptych, made by Masaccio for the Carmelite church of Santa…

Battesimo di Cristo (c.1437-1445)

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…

Piero della Francesca

(c.1416–1492) Piero di Benedetto de’ Franceschi The artist’s works: Battesimo di Cristo probably about 1437–1445 National Gallery, London Sant’Apollonia c.1455–1460 National Gallery of Art, Washington Madonna col Bambino e quattro angeli c.1460–1470 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown San Michele Arcangelo completed 1469 National Gallery, London Natività…

Caccia notturna (c.1465-1470)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Caccia notturna (The Hunt in the Forest) c.1465–1470 Tempera and oil, with traces of gold, on panel, 73.3 x 177 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Paolo Uccello

(1397–1475) Paolo di Dono or Paolo Doni The artist’s works: Annunciazione early 1420s Ashmolean Museum, Oxford San Giorgio e il drago c.1430 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Santa Monica e due fanciulli oranti c.1430–1435 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Battaglia di San Romano c.1435–1440…