Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Giustizia (Allegory of Justice) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 99.9 × 96 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…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Fortezza (Allegory of Fortitude) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 95 x 99.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 – ten of which are in the National Gallery’s…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Allegoria della Virtù e del Vizio (Allegory of Virtue and Vice) 1505 Oil on panel, 56.5 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Set on a strip of land under a cloud-filled sky and in front of…
Donatello (1386-1466) San Giorgio (Saint George) 1416–1417 Marble, 209 cm Museo del Bargello, Firenze Predella: Saint George killing the dragon and freeing the princess.
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) La Fucina di Vulcano (The Forge of Vulcan) c.1564 Oil on copper, 38 x 28 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1587)
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…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) L’Arcangelo Michele (The Archangel Michael) c.1496–1500 Oil and egg temera on poplar, 114.7 x 56.6 cm National Gallery, London This was the left panel of the predella of an altarpiece made for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza. Altarpiece,…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) La resurrezione (The Resurrection) 1500–1505 Tempera on wood, 27 x 45.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This exceptionally well-preserved picture and four others in the Art Institute of Chicago formed the base (predella) of an altarpiece—possibly the large…
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù (Allegory of Virtue) c.1531 Tempera on canvas, 14.2 × 85.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Companion: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di Mantova (1474-1539)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Bruto e Arrunte (Death of consul L. J. Brutus in a duel with Arruns) c.1728–1730 Oil on canvas, 383 × 182 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna