Tag: Renaissance

Hans Holbein the Younger

(c.1497–1543) The artist’s works: Erasmus 1523 National Gallery, London Erasmus of Rotterdam writing 1523 Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel Noli me Tangere 1526–1528 Hampton Court Palace, London Erasmus writing 1528 Musée du Louvre, Paris Erasmus of Rotterdam c.1532 Metropolitan Museum of Art,…

El Greco

(1541–1614) Doménikos Theotokópoulos Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος The artist’s works: Adoración del Nombre de Jesús late 1570s National Gallery, London Cristo expulsando a los mercaderes del templo c.1570–1575 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Pietà Early 1570s Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Retrato de un hombre 1570–1575…

Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova

(1474–1539) Marchesa di Mantova Isabella d’Este in Art: Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Allegoria sacra c.1490–1500 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze     Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Leonardo da…

William Shakespeare

(1564–1616) Works: • A Lover’s Complaint (1609) • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595-1596) • All’s Well That Ends Well (1604-1605) • Antony and Cleopatra (1606) • As You Like It (1599-1600) • Cardenio (lost) • Coriolanus (1608) • Cymbeline (1610) • Hamlet (1599-1601) • Henry IV, Part 1 (1596-1597) • Henry IV, Part…

Albrecht Dürer

(1471–1528) The artist’s works: Die Drahtziehmühle c.1489 Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin Portrait of Barbara Dürer, née Holper 1490 Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Albrecht Dürer the Elder 1490 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Christ as the Man of Sorrows c.1492–1493 Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe Self-Portrait Holding a Thistle…

Federico II Gonzaga, 1st Duke of Mantua

(1500–1540) 5th Marquess of Mantua (1519–1530) 1st Duke of Mantua (1530–1540) Federico II in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Federico II Gonzaga 1529 Museo del Prado, Madrid   Born May 17 1500 Mantova (Italia) Died August 28 1540 Marmirolo (Italia) Mother Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di…

Lucas Cranach the Elder

(1472–1553) Lucas Müller The artist’s works: Crucifixion of Christ c.1500–1501 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Flight into Egypt 1509 Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes c.1509–1510 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Saint Anne with donor c.1514 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Saint Christopher c.1514 Museo…

Andrea Mantegna

(c.1431–1506) The artist’s works: L’Adorazione dei pastori shortly after 1450 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Polittico di San Luca 1453–1454 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Madonna col Bambino tra serafini e cherubini c.1454 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Presentazione al Tempio…

Gentile Bellini

(c.1429–1507) The artist’s works: L’Annunciazione c.1475 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Caterina Cornaro, regina di Cipro c.1500 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Predica di San Marco in una piazza di Alessandria 1504–1507 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Un orientale in piedi s.d. Musée du Louvre, Paris…

Jacopo Bellini

(c.1400-c.1470) The artist’s works: Madonna col Bambino probably 1440s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madonna con il Bambino 1448 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Madonna col Bambino benedicente c.1455 Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Sant’Antonio Abate e San Bernardino da Siena 1459…