Pontormo (1494-1557) Alabardiere (Portrait of a Halberdier) 1529–1530 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 95.3 x 73 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Standing before a fortress wall, this well-dressed foot soldier holds a combination spear and battle-axe called a halberd. His…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Cristo e il centurione (Christ and the Centurion) c.1571 Oil on canvas, 192 × 297 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid With a halo of sainthood over his head, Jesus extends his arm to the centurion who, having converted to…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Storia di Lucrezia (The Story of Lucretia) c.1478–1480 Tempera on wood, 42 x 126 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze The painting shows the death of Roman heroine, Lucretia, faithful, modest wife, raped by the king of the last…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1487 Tempera on panel, diameter 171.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) San Michele Arcangelo (Saint Michael the Archangel) completed 1469 Oil on poplar, 133 x 59.5 cm National Gallery, London The Archangel Michael led an army of angels to battle against the devil and cast him down from…
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…
Donatello (1386-1466) Banchetto di Erode (The Banquet of Herod) c.1435 Marble, 50 x 71.3 x 5 cm Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille In this work, Donatello, one of the greatest Renaissance sculptors, used the rilievo stiacciato (flattened relief) technique that he himself…
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…
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Consegna delle chiavi (The Delivery of the Keys) 1481–1482 Fresco, 335 × 550 cm Cappella Sistina, Vaticano
Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Davide (David) 1425–1452 Gilt bronze Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze This is the nineth panel of the Gates of Paradise, with the story of David. See also: Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Porta del Paradiso 1425–1452 Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze