Raffaello (1483-1520) La Velata (Woman with a Veil) c.1512–1515 Oil on canvas, 82 x 60.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze The veil over the hair, from which the name of this splendid work by Raphael is derived, indicates that the woman is…
Raffaello (1483-1520) La Fornarina (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1520 Oil on panel, 87 x 63 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The subject of this portrait, according to tradition, was Raphael’s inspirational muse and mistress: Margherita Luti, the daughter of a baker in…
Raffaello (1483-1520) & Workshop Ritratto di papa Giulio II (Portrait of Pope Julius II) c.1512 Tempera on panel, 107 x 80 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Giuliano della Rovere (Albissola, Savona 1443- Rome 1513) was pope from 1503 to 1513 under…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di papa Giulio II (Portrait of Pope Julius II) 1511 Oil on poplar, 108.7 x 81 cm National Gallery, London This portrait of Pope Julius II (1443–1513) is usually dated to the one-and-a-half-year period during which he wore…
Raffaello (1483-1520) La dama col liocorno (Lady with a Unicorn) c.1505–1506 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 67 x 56 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The young woman depicted is a Florentine girl, as can be seen from the precious fashionable dress of…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Maddalena Doni (Portrait of Maddalena Doni) 1505–1506 Oil on panel, 65 x 45.8 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze On the back there is a representation in monochrome of Deucalion and Pyrrha. Pair: Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Agnolo Doni 1505–1506 Galleria…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Agnolo Doni (Portrait of Agnolo Doni) 1505–1506 Oil on panel, 65 x 47.7 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze On the back there is a representation in monochrome of the Deluge. Pair: Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di Maddalena Doni 1505–1506…
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Retrato de Diego Rivera (Portrait of Diego Rivera) 1937 Oil on wood, 46 x 32 cm Private collection See also: • Rivera, Diego
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Erasmus of Rotterdam writing 1523 Mixed technique glued on paper, on pine, 37.1 x 30.8 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel See also: • Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536)
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Roundel Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam 1532 Oil on wood, diameter 14.2 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel See also: • Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536)