Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Le Triomphe de Silène (The Triumph of Silenus) c.1636 Oil on canvas, 142.9 × 120.5 cm National Gallery, London This was one of three bacchanalian scenes Poussin painted for the powerful French minister, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585–1642). See…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Ansidei (Ansidei Madonna: The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Nicholas of Bari) 1505 Oil on poplar, 216.8 × 147.6 cm National Gallery, London This is the main panel of the altarpiece Raphael painted for…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (Virgin and Child with Two Angels) 1485–1495 Tempera on panel, diameter 34.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna col Bambino in trono (Madonna and Child Enthroned) c.1420 Tempera on poplar panel, 95.7 x 56.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna col Bambino e angeli (Madonna and Child with Angels) c.1410 Tempera on wood, traces of gold ground, 85.7 x 50.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Education of the Children of Clovis (School of Vengeance or Training of Clotilde’s Sons) 1861 Oil on canvas, 127 × 176.8 cm Private collection
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Ritorno degli ambasciatori (The Return of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 297 x 526 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the third of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The…
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Madonna in trono col Bambino e quattro santi (Enthroned Madonna and Child with four saints) 1518 Oil on panel, 172 x 141 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) La Vergine e il Bambino in trono (The Virgin and Child Enthroned) c.1440–1444 Fresco, transferred to canvas, 241 x 120.5 cm National Gallery, London This is a fragment of a fresco. It comes from a ‘street tabernacle’ outside of…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Sapienza Divina (Allegory of Divine Wisdom) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 138.5 x 65.2 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the…
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