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Paysage avec saint Matthieu (1640)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec saint Matthieu (Landscape with Saint Matthew) 1640 Oil on canvas, 99 × 135 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Companion: Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec Saint Jean à Patmos 1640 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago    

Jupiter enfant nourri par la chèvre Amalthée (c.1639)

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jupiter enfant nourri par la chèvre Amalthée (Child Jupiter nursed by the goat Amalthea) c.1639 Oil on canvas, 97 x 133 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Compare: Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Jupiter enfant nourri par les nymphes c.1650 National Gallery of Art, Washington  …

Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (c.1400-1410)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (Madonna and Child Enthroned, Saint Nicholas of Bari, Saint Catherine of Alexandria and a donor) c.1400–1410 Tempera and gold on poplar, 133.4 x 115 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION:…

Desco da parto (c.1423)

Masaccio (1401-1428) Desco da parto (Birth plate) c.1423 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 66 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the 15th century, it was customary in Florence to give families a so-called birth plate or desco da parto after the birth of…

Ritratto di giovane (early 16th century)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Ritratto di giovane, Ritratto Giustiniani (Portrait of a Youth) early 16th century Oil on canvas, 59.2 x 47 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: V V Until 1884, the Portrait of a Young Man was found in the…

Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1620)

Guercino (1591-1666) Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina (Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria) c.1620 Oil on canvas, 89 x 75.7 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Typical of Guercino‘s early, pre-Roman phase are the very delicate gradations of the main sections, shimmering…

San Sebastiano (1474)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Sebastiano (St. Sebastian) 1474 Tempera on poplar panel, 195 x 75 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The Roman officer Sebastian was supposed to renounce his Christian faith in order to serve as the bodyguard of the Emperor Diocletian. When he…

Madonna col Bambino e otto angeli (c.1480)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e otto angeli, Raczyński Tondo (Madonna and Child with Eight Angels) c.1480 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 136.5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin It is possible that this circular picture used to belong to the Brothers of S.…

Madonna Bardi (1484-1485)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna Bardi (Madonna and Child Enthroned) 1484–1485 Tempera on poplar, 185 x 180 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The scheme of composition of the Virgin and Child enthroned, surrounded by saints and viewed in a unified, square picture, became extremely popular…

Giuliano de’ Medici (1478)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Giuliano de’ Medici 1478 Tempera on poplar, 57.1 x 38.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Attributed to Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) Giuliano de’ Medici, the younger brother of Lorenzo the Magnifico, was murdered in Florence Cathedral in 1478 at the age…