Tag: scene

Adorazione dei pastori (c.1496)

Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) c.1496 Oil on wood, 215 × 170.2 cm National Gallery, London The focus of this large altarpiece is the tiny infant Christ – he lies on the ground, his head supported…

Uomo su una scala (1504-1505)

Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Uomo su una scala (Man on a Ladder) 1504–1505 Oil on wood, 88.3 × 52 cm National Gallery, London This fragment of a larger painting shows an elderly man, almost bald but for a few tufts of white…

Annunciazione (c.1435-1440)

Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1435–1440 Tempera on panel, 100 x 161 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Separated by a vertical, column-like partition, a woman to our right kneels opposite a winged angel to our left, who also kneels…

Storia di Lucrezia (c.1478-1480)

Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Storia di Lucrezia (The Story of Lucretia) c.1478–1480 Tempera on wood, 42 x 126 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The painting shows the death of Roman heroine, Lucretia, faithful, modest wife, raped by the king of the last…

Adorazione del Bambino (c.1475-1480)

Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Adorazione del Bambino (The Adoration of the Child) c.1475–1480 Oil on poplar panel, 81.5 x 56.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A winged angel, a woman, and a baby are gathered on a terrace that overlooks a softly…