Tag: shadow

Morte di Cleopatra (c.1525)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Morte di Cleopatra (Death of Cleopatra) c.1525 Oil on canvas, 98.5 x 76.5 cm Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig See also: • Cleopatra (69-30 BC) | Egypt

Cristo morto compianto da quattro angeli (c.1524-1527)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Cristo morto compianto da quattro angeli (The Dead Christ with Four Angels) c.1524–1527 Oil on panel, 133.4 x 104.1 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Rosso Fiorentino was one of the primary practitioners of the highly refined and decorative…

Allegoria della Salvezza (c.1521)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Allegoria della Salvezza (Allegory of Salvation with the Virgin and Christ Child, St. Elizabeth, the Young St. John the Baptist and Two Angels) c.1521 Oil on panel, 161.29 × 119.38 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los…

Ritratto di giovane con una lettera (1518)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Ritratto di giovane con una lettera (Portrait of a Young Man holding a Letter) 1518 Oil on wood, 85.5 x 66.5 cm National Gallery, London A young man glances up at us from the letter he has just been…

Cavaliere di San Giovanni (c.1523-1524)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Cavaliere di San Giovanni (A Knight of Saint John) c.1523–1524 Oil on poplar, 96.8 x 76.2 cm National Gallery, London The unknown man in this half-length portrait proudly displays an eight-pointed silver cross suspended from a black cord round…

San Giovanni Battista nel deserto (c.1445-1450)

Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) San Giovanni Battista nel deserto (Saint John the Baptist in the Desert) c.1445–1450 Tempera on panel, 28.4 x 31.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington One of Domenico Veneziano‘s major works is an altarpiece that he painted about 1445…

Monaco che tiene una croce (c.1445-1448)

Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) Monaco che tiene una croce (Monk holding a Cross) c.1445–1448 Tempera on panel. 69 x 44 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Almost nothing is known about the early years and training of Domenico Veneziano, an enigmatic artist of the…

Issione (1632)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Issione (Ixion) 1632 Oil on canvas, 220 × 301 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The father of the race of centaurs, Ixion was punished by madness for murdering his father-in-law. After he was pardoned he attempted to supplant…