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…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Tentazioni di San Gerolamo (Temptations of St. Jerome) 1541 Oil on panel, 170 x 122.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze In accordance with a literary tradition focusing on his period of solitude in the desert, St Jerome has…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) I beati domenicani I (The Dominican Blessed) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.8 x 21.9 cm National Gallery, London The Dominican Blessed, both friars and nuns, dressed in the distinctive black and white habits of the Dominican Order, are…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1420–1423 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 63.8 x 48.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This early work by Fra Angelico accentuates the drama of the Crucifixion by showing the Virgin collapsed in grief with…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Crocifisso di Santa Maria Novella (Crucifix of Santa Maria Novella) c.1288–1289 Tempera on wood, 578 x 406 cm Santa Maria Novella, Firenze At the center of the nave, high above the steps that separate the lower from the upper…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) 1864 Oil on canvas, 105.5 x 87 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe explique l’énigme du sphinx 1808 Musée du Louvre, Paris Ingres,…
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593-c.1653) Santa Maria Maddalena (St. Mary Magdalene) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 146.5 x 108 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Mary Magdalen was a much-loved subject both by painters and the public because she represented the ideal model of the…
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Visione di san Girolamo (Vision of Saint Jerome) 1526–1527 Oil on poplar, 342.9 x 148.6 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece is the greatest work that Parmigianino painted in Rome. It was commissioned by Maria Bufolina for a burial…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Pietà con i santi Chiara, Francesco e Maria Maddalena (Pietà with Saints Clare, Francis and Mary Magdalene) 1585 Oil on canvas, 378.3 × 239.7 cm Galleria Nazionale, Parma
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1587–1588 Oil on canvas laid on panel, 81.5 × 61.5 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven