Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Madonna delle Arpie (Madonna and Child between St Francis of Assisi and St John the Evangelist) 1517 Oil on panel, 207 × 178 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Madonna delle Arpie (1517)
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San Giovanni Battista (c.1523)
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) San Giovanni Battista (Saint John the Baptist) c.1523 Oil on panel, 94 × 68 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze By choosing to depict the sculpted figure of a young Saint John the Baptist standing out against a…
Ritratto d’uomo (1528-1529)
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1528–1529 Oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 66.7 x 50.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is probably the “natural seeming and very beautiful” portrait of a canon from Pisa…
Sacra Famiglia con san Giovannino (c.1528)
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacra Famiglia con san Giovannino (The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist) c.1528 Oil on wood, 135.9 x 100.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York With this grandly solemn composition, Sarto demonstrated that…
Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino (c.1529)
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino (Holy Family with St John the Baptist) c.1529 Oil on panel, 129 x 100 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg A painting on the subject of the Holy Family with St John the…
Ritratto di giovane (c.1517-1518)
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1517–1518 Oil on linen, 72.4 x 57.2 cm National Gallery, London We have interrupted a young man reading; he turns to look over his shoulder at us. The unguarded look…
Ritratto di fanciullo (c.1623-1625)
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Ritratto di fanciullo (Portrait of a Boy) c.1623–1625 Oil on canvas, 33 x 28 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This painting came from the collection of Prince Chigi. It was purchased by the Italian state in 1919 to be…
Madonna con Bambino tra i santi Ignazio di Antiochia e Onofrio (1508)
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Madonna con Bambino tra i Santi Ignazio di Antiochia e Onofrio (Madonna and Child between Saints Ignatius of Antioch and Onuphrius) 1508 Oil on panel, 53 x 67 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This signed and dated painting in its…
Ritratto di uomo (c.1535)
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di uomo (Portrait of a Man, Mercurio Bua) c.1535 Oil on canvas, 118 x 105 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The character, long believed to be a self-portrait of the artist, is depicted inside a closed environment, the…
Cristo Redentore benedicente (c.1505-1506)
Raffaello (1483-1520) Cristo Redentore benedicente (Christ the Redeemer blessing) c.1505–1506 Oil on panel, 31.5 x 25.5 cm Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia The painting was one of the first purchases made by Paolo Tosio, who had recently begun to build his collection.…