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
Banchetto di Erode (c.1435)
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La resurrezione (1500-1505)
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…
Consegna delle chiavi (1481-1482)
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Consegna delle chiavi (The Delivery of the Keys) 1481–1482 Fresco, 335 × 550 cm Cappella Sistina, Vaticano
Davide (Porta del Paradiso)
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
Crocifissione (c.1420-1423)
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…
Le Martyre de saint Symphorien (1865)
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Le Martyre de saint Symphorien (The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien) 1865 Oil on canvas, 36.7 x 31.6 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
L’apothéose d’Homère (1827)
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Homère déifié, dit aussi L’apothéose d’Homère (Homer deified, also known as The Apotheosis of Homer) 1827 Oil on canvas, 386 x 512 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris In front of a temple with a pediment inscribed…
Sallust
(86 BC-34/35 BC) Gaius Sallustius Crispus Works: • Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War (English) • De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino (English) • De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino (Latin) • Jugurtha (Finnish) Born 86 BC Amiternum (Italia) Died 34/35…
Ecce Homo (c.1525-1530)
Correggio (c.1489-1534) Ecce Homo (Christ presented to the People) c.1525–1530 Oil on poplar, 99.7 x 80 cm National Gallery, London Correggio shows Christ bound and crowned with thorns at the moment when he is condemned to be crucified by Pontius Pilate.…
Garcilaso de la Vega
(1503–1536) García Laso de la Vega Garci Lasso de la Vega Works: • The Works of Garcilasso de la Vega (English) Born 1503 Toledo (España) Died October 14 1536 Nice (France) Occupation Poet Soldier Writer Title Knight of the Order of Santiago