Tag: scene

Annunciazione (early 1420s)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) early 1420s Tempera and gilding on panel, 65 x 48 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Attributed to Paolo Uccello (1397-1475)

San Giorgio e il drago (c.1430)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George slaying the dragon) c.1430 Tempera and gold on panel, 62.2 x 38.8 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago c.1470 National Gallery, London  …

San Giorgio e il drago (c.1470)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) San Giorgio e il drago (Saint George and the Dragon) c.1470 Oil on canvas, 55.6 x 74.2 cm National Gallery, London Saint George and the dragon must be one of the most fantastic saints’ legends to come down to…

Battaglia di San Romano (c.1438-1440)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano (The Battle of San Romano) c.1438–1440 Egg tempera with walnut oil and linseed oil on poplar, 182 × 320 cm National Gallery, London It’s hard to follow what’s going on in this large and busy…

Battaglia di San Romano (c.1455)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano (The Battle of San Romano) c.1455 Tempera on panel, 182 x 317 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Title: The Battle of San Romano: the counterattack of Micheletto Attendolo da Cotignola Panel originally, it seems, finished…

Battaglia di San Romano (c.1435-1440)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano (The Battle of San Romano) c.1435–1440 Tempera on panel, 182 x 323 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Compare: Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano c.1438–1440 National Gallery, London     Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano…

Sacrificio ed Ebbrezza di Noè (1436-1440)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Sacrificio ed Ebbrezza di Noè (Sacrifice and Drunkenness of Noah) 1436–1440 Fresco transferred to canvas, 277 x 540 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze This fresco is the lower part of the “Scenes from the Life of Noah“. The lunette…

Diluvio e recessione delle acque (1436-1440)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Diluvio e recessione delle acque (Flood and the Waters Receding) 1436–1440 Fresco transferred to canvas, 215 x 510 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze This lunette is the upper work of the “Scenes from the Life of Noah“. The fresco…

Storie di Noè (1436-1440)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Storie di Noè (Scenes from the Life of Noah) 1436–1440 Fresco transferred to canvas Santa Maria Novella, Firenze The upper work is the lunette “The Flood and the Waters Receding“. Below is a rectangular work showing “The Sacrifice…

Caccia notturna (c.1465-1470)

Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Caccia notturna (The Hunt in the Forest) c.1465–1470 Tempera and oil, with traces of gold, on panel, 73.3 x 177 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford