Perugino (c.1446-1523) Battesimo di Cristo (Baptism of Christ) c.1498–1500 Oil on olive wood, 30 × 23 x 2.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Perugino used his successful inventions again and again. This baptism goes back to his fresco in the Sistine Chapel. More…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino e due sante (Madonna and Child with Two Saints) c.1493–1495 Oil on poplar wood, 86.5 × 63 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna “PETRUS PERUSINUS PINXIT” reads the signature placed bottom left in this half-length composition. Perugino‘s handling of…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino tra i santi Giovanni Battista e Caterina d’Alessandria (Madonna and Child between Saints John the Baptist and Catherine of Alexandria) c.1495 Oil on poplar wood, 81 x 63 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Inscription: S. Chaterina (Inscription…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino tra due sante e due angeli (Madonna and Child between two Saints and two Angels) c.1490–1492 Oil on poplar wood, diameter 148 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Long considered a masterpiece of Perugino, the painting would, in…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Madonna col Bambino e santi (Madonna and Child with Saints) c.1411–1413 Tempera on panel, 43 x 22 cm San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Incoronazione della Vergine (Coronation of the Virgin) c.1434–1435 Tempera on poplar, 209 x 206 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The miter-shaped cutout of the painted surface at the top is original. Main register of an altarpiece from which elements…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Romolo (Saint Romulus) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 16 x 15.6 cm National Gallery, London We can piece together who this saint is: his mitre (hat) and crosier (crook) identify him as a bishop, and a faint inscription…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) I precursori di Cristo con santi e martiri (The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.9 x 63.5 cm National Gallery, London This panel comes from the predella (the lowest part) of an…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) La Vergine Maria con gli apostoli e gli altri santi (The Virgin Mary with the Apostles and Other Saints) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 32 x 64 cm National Gallery, London This panel comes from the predella (the lowest…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1440 Tempera transferred to canvas, laid down on wood, gold ground, 34 x 50.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York To the left of the Crucifixion are shown Saints Monica, her son Augustine, and Peter…