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…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Gli storpi e malati curati presso la tomba di San Nicola (The Crippled and Sick Cured at the Tomb of Saint Nicholas) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 x 35.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Natività con i profeti Isaia ed Ezechiele (The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel) 1308–1311 Tempera on single poplar panel, 48 × 86.8 × 7.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This painting was part of…
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) San Francisco Javier (Saint Francis Xavier) c.1670 Oil on canvas, 216.7 x 162.2 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) San Serapio (Saint Serapion) 1628 Oil on canvas, 120.2 x 104 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Saint Serapion was a monk who gave his life to liberate Christians captured during the thirteenth century in North Africa. The…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) La crocifissione (The Crucifixion) probably mid-1450s Tempera on wood, gold ground, 45.7 x 27.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Uccello is best known for his battle scenes for the Medici palace and for frescoes in the…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sacra Conversazione (Holy Conversation) c.1560–1570 Oil on canvas, 122.87 x 148.91 x 8.89 cm New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Santa Rosa de Viterbo (Saint Rosa of Viterbo) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 83.3 x 64.1 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester