Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Sketch-Model for Reclining Figure 1946 Terracotta, 8.3 x 16.8 x 7.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Sketch-Model for Reclining Figure (1946)
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Madonna col Bambino (1466)
Donatello (1386-1466) & workshop Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) 1466 Terra cotta relief, in painted decor with gilt carved wood bracket, 56.5 x 40.6 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Donatello was the leading sculptor in Florence during the fifteenth century when…
Madonna col Bambino in una nicchia (c.1460)
Robbia, Luca della (1400-1482) Madonna col Bambino in una nicchia (Virgin and Child in a niche) c.1460 Glazed terracotta with gilt and painted details, 47.3 × 38.7 × 8.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of the most distinguished…
San Giovanni Battista (c.1523)
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) San Giovanni Battista (Saint John the Baptist) c.1523 Oil on panel, 94 × 68 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze By choosing to depict the sculpted figure of a young Saint John the Baptist standing out against a…
Madonna della mela (1441-1445)
Robbia, Luca della (1400-1482) Madonna della mela (Madonna of the Apple) 1441–1445 Glazed terracotta Museo del Bargello, Firenze
Luca della Robbia
(1400–1482) Luca di Simone di Marco della Robbia The artist’s works: Madonna della mela 1441–1445 Museo del Bargello, Firenze La Natività c.1460 National Gallery of Art, Washington Madonna col Bambino c.1460–1470 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Madonna col Bambino in una nicchia c.1460…
Giuliano de’ Medici (c.1475-1478)
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Giuliano de’ Medici c.1475–1478 Terracotta, 61 x 66 x 28.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Verrocchio, a favorite artist of the Medici, may have created this lively and commanding portrait on the occasion of a joust…
Honoré de Balzac (1891)
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Honoré de Balzac 1891 Terracotta, 23.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1891, the Société des Gens de Lettres commissioned Rodin to create a monument to Balzac, who had died in 1850, for the Palais-Royal in…
Maternité (c.1916)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Maternité (Madame Renoir and Son) c.1916 Terra cotta, 51.1 x 24.8 x 32.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Renoir‘s wife Aline had always been among his favorite models. Her fresh, full face and figure appeared in…
Angelo con il titolo della croce (c.1667-1668)
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Angelo con il titolo della croce (Angel with the Superscription) c.1667–1668 Terracotta, 28.9 x 17.1 x 13.8 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA