Tag: shepherd

Giacobbe con il gregge di Labano (1638)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Giacobbe con il gregge di Labano (Jacob with the Flock of Laban) 1638 Oil on canvas, 132 x 118 cm National Gallery, London Jacob sits next to a stream, holding his shepherd’s staff, surrounded by his flock. Resting…

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…

Natività (early 1480s)

Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Natività (The Nativity) early 1480s Oil on poplar, 124.4 x 122.6 cm National Gallery, London Piero della Francesca depicted Christ’s Nativity as a miraculous vision materialising on top of a hill near his hometown in rural Tuscany. He…

La Natività (1500-1505)

Perugino (c.1446-1523) La Natività (The Nativity) 1500–1505 Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, 26.2 × 46.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Perugino’s serene and decorous art was widely influential in his native region of Umbria and beyond, most famously through his…

Allegoria del Vizio (c.1531)

Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio (Allegory of Vice) c.1531 Tempera on canvas, 14.2 × 85.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris     See also: • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539)

Paesaggio con la Fuga in Egitto (c.1604)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Paesaggio con la Fuga in Egitto (Landscape with the Flight into Egypt) c.1604 Oil on canvas, 122 x 230 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma It is the leading element of the so-called “Aldobrandini Lunettes”, thanks to which the…