Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1527 Oil on wood, 178 x 138 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In this dramatic test of faith from the Old Testament book of Genesis, Abraham agrees to slay his…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1528 Oil on panel, 98 x 69 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This scene portrays the moment described in the Old Testament (Genesis 22, 1-19) in which, at the orders of…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Madonna della Scala (The Virgin and Child between Saint Matthew and an Angel) 1522 Oil on panel, 177 x 135 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child, flanked on the right by an…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Lamentation over the Dead Christ 1601–1602 Oil on canvas, 180 x 136 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma While in the past this Lamentation over the Dead Christ was ascribed to Antoon Van Dyck, today critics agree that it…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Allegoria della castità (Allegory of Chastity) c.1505 Oil on panel, 42.9 x 33.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This small panel by Lotto can be dated to early in his career because of stylistic similarities to Allegory of…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Allegoria della Virtù e del Vizio (Allegory of Virtue and Vice) 1505 Oil on panel, 56.5 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Set on a strip of land under a cloud-filled sky and in front of…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Spalliera o “cielo di letto” con storie degli amori di Giove e grottesche (Backrest or “bed sky” with stories of Jupiter’s loves and grotesques) 1572 Oil on panel Museo del Bargello, Firenze