Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Ecce Agnus Dei (Saint John the Baptist Pointing to Christ) c.1655 Oil on canvas, 270.2 × 184.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This is one of four large canvases devoted to the life of Saint John…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint Anthony of Padua c.1485 Oil on panel, 41.3 × 33.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Hans Memling probably worked with Rogier van der Weyden in Brussels before settling in Bruges in 1465. Van der Weyden was well…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino (Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1515 Oil on panel, 64.2 × 50.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Correggio spent most of his brief career in the northern Italian…
Bronzino (1503-1572) & Workshop Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino (Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1530 Oil on panel, 81.6 × 57.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting provides a revealing glimpse into the workshop…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Sant’Antonio Abate (Saint Anthony Abbot) 1440–1441 Tempera on panel, 39.4 x 14 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Trained initially as an illuminator, Fra Angelico became a Dominican friar early in his successful career as a painter. This panel…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Pala di Gambassi, Madonna con Bambino in gloria e Santi (Gambassi Altarpiece, Virgin and Child in Glory with Six Saints) 1527–1528 Oil on panel, 209 x 176 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This is the central panel of…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) San Luca (Saint Luke) 1570–1571 Oil on panel, 177.8 × 99.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Saint Luke and Saint Mark panels were part of a commission from Pope Pius V in 1569 to decorate the newly…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) San Marco (Saint Mark) 1570–1571 Oil on panel, 177.8 × 99.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Saint Luke and Saint Mark panels were part of a commission from Pope Pius V in 1569 to decorate the newly built Torre Pio (Pius Tower) in…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Madonna col Bambino, santi e angeli (Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels) mid or late 1510s Oil on panel transferred to hardboard, 155.7 x 135.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Sant’Apollonia (Saint Apollonia) c.1455–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, 38.8 x 28 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Attributed to Piero della Francesca. Shown from the knees up, a pale-skinned woman in front of a gold background wears a…