Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) San Girolamo (Saint Jerome) c.1460 Mixed media on paper glued on board, 40.5 x 27 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The figure is identified as Saint Jerome by his aged appearance, his face weathered and torso semi-nude…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna del Sacco (Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel) c.1500 Oil on wood, 86.4 x 83.3 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze See also: • Fancelli, Chiara (c.1470-1541)
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation over the Dead Christ) 1495 Oil on wood, 220 x 195 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Inscription: PETRUS PERUSINUS PINXIT A.D. MCCCCLXXXXV The body of Christ taken down from the cross is lying over…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna della Seggiola (Madonna of the Chair) c.1512 Oil on wood, diameter 71 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze Mary is seen from the side, seated on a ‘chamber chair’, a type of seat reserved for the high dignitaries of the papal…
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Giuditta e la sua ancella (Judith and Her Maidservant) c.1618–1619 Oil on canvas, 114 × 93.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Santa Maria Maddalena (St. Mary Magdalene) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 108 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Mary Magdalen was a much-loved subject both by painters and the public because she represented the ideal model of the…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino (Madonna and Child and the Young St John the Baptist) c.1505 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 40.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto maschile (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1470 Oil on panel, 51 x 33.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ritratto feminile, Bella Simonetta (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1485 Tempera on panel, 61 x 40.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze The painting is also known by the title “Bella Simonetta”, based on an early identification of the young…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Venus Italica 1812 Marble, h. 171.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze In 1802, passing through Florence and at the height of his notoriety, Antonio Canova was commissioned by the King of Etruria, Ludovico di Borbone, to make a copy…