Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Charity c.1627–1628 Oil on oak, 148.2 x 107.5 cm National Gallery, London In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul outlines the importance of faith, hope and charity, naming charity as the greatest of the three.…
Pontormo (1494-1557) Ritratto di Cosimo il Vecchio (Portrait of Cosimo the Elder) 1519–1520 Oil on panel, 87 x 67 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Cosimo il Vecchio (1389-1464)
Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) La Vergine e il Bambino in trono (The Virgin and Child Enthroned) c.1440–1444 Fresco, transferred to canvas, 241 x 120.5 cm National Gallery, London This is the central part of a fresco which was once flanked by two standing…
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Il gusto (The Sense of Taste) c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 113.8 x 88.3 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford This jolly, somewhat ragged figure is an embodiment of the sense of taste, and perhaps also an allusion to the sin…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria dell’Agricoltura (Allegory of Agriculture) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 121.4 x 192 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the ceiling frescoes in…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (Madonna and Child Enthroned, Saint Nicholas of Bari, Saint Catherine of Alexandria and a donor) c.1400–1410 Tempera and gold on poplar, 133.4 x 115 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION:…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone (Venus and Adonis) c.1586 Oil on canvas, 68 × 52 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone c.1580 Museo del Prado, Madrid See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)
Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Madonna Rucellai (Virgin and Child enthroned, surrounded by angels) c.1285 Tempera on wood, gold background, 450 x 290 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Martini, Simone (c.1284-1344) & Memmi, Lippo (c.1291-1356) Annunciazione e i santi Ansano e Massima (Annunciation with St. Ansanus and St. Massima) 1333 Tempera on wood, gold background, 184 x 168 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Carità (Charity) 1518–1519 Oil on canvas, 185 x 137 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted for Francis I during Andrea del Sarto‘s stay in France (1518-1519).Coll. Francis I. (Louvre) See also: • François I, King of France (1494-1547)