Tag: Saint

Madonna in trono con santi (1504-1505)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna in trono con santi (Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints) c.1504–1505 Tempera and gold on wood, 169.5 x 168.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is the main panel of the Colonna Altarpiece (Pala Colonna). The Colonna…

Pietà (c.1503-1505)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Pietà c.1503–1505 Oil on poplar panel, 23.6 x 28.8 cm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Not satisfied with a single Raphael painting, Isabella Stewart Gardner waited just two years before purchasing her second work by the artist. This small panel,…

Fernando III de Castilla y León

(1201?-1252) Fernando III el Santo Saint Ferdinand, San Fernando King of Castile (1217–1252) King of León (1230–1252) King of Galicia (1230–1252) Saint Ferdinand III of Castile in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Aparición de San Isidoro al Rey Fernando el Santo 1798–1800 Museo…

Saint Barbara (1437)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Saint Barbara 1437 Oil on panel, 32 x 18.2 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Barbara was the daughter of a nobleman who wanted to hide her away from admirers by locking her up in…

Orazione nell’orto (c.1455-1456)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1455–1456 Egg tempera on wood, 62.9 × 80 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown in prayer. Aware that his disciple Judas had betrayed him, he left Jerusalem and took refuge in…

Allegoria sacra (c.1490-1500)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Allegoria sacra (Sacred Allegory) c.1490–1500 Oil on wood panel, 73 x 119 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze One of the most enigmatic and fascinating works of the Italian Renaissance, this painting by Bellini shows the Madonna seated on…

The Dormition of the Virgin (c.1564)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Dormition of the Virgin c.1564 Oil on panel, 67.7 x 85.3 x 12.6 cm Upton House and Gardens, England This ‘grisaille’, or grey monochrome painting, shows the death of the Virgin, attended by the…