Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano (The Battle of San Romano) c.1435–1440 Tempera on panel, 182 x 323 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Compare: Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano c.1438–1440 National Gallery, London Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Battaglia di San Romano…
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) Madonna col Bambino e santi (Madonna and Child with Saints) 1493 Oil on poplar wood, 186 × 172 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Mary with Child and St. Peter, John the Evangelist (?), John the Baptist and Paul. Signature: On the…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino e due sante (Madonna and Child with Two Saints) c.1493–1495 Oil on poplar wood, 86.5 × 63 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna “PETRUS PERUSINUS PINXIT” reads the signature placed bottom left in this half-length composition. Perugino‘s handling of…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation over the Dead Christ) 1495 Oil on wood, 220 x 195 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Inscription: PETRUS PERUSINUS PINXIT A.D. MCCCCLXXXXV The body of Christ taken down from the cross is lying over…
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Bouquet 1916–1917 Oil on canvas, 139.7 x 102.24 cm San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Matisse came to painting later in life than his precocious rival Picasso and was introduced to Impressionism by the late works of…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) San Francesco riceve le stimmate (St. Francis receiving the stigmata) c.1300–1325 Tempera and gold on poplar, 313 x 163 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Signature: OPUS IOCTI FLORENTINI (“Work of Florentine Giotto”). At the predella: The dream of Innocent…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Francesca da Rimini et Paolo Malatesta (Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta) 1819 Oil on canvas, 235 cm x 165 cm Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca 1814 Musée Condé, Chantilly …
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca (Paolo and Francesca) 1814 Oil on canvas, 35.3 cm x 28.4 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly The subject is taken from Inferno in Dante‘s Divine Comedy (14th century). It is, with the Stratonice, the only…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Étude pour Phidias dans L’Apothéose d’Homère (Study for Phidias in the Apotheosis of Homer) 1827 Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 32.39 cm x 35.56 cm San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste…