Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Imago Pietatis (Christ as Man of Sorrows flanked by Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint John the Evangelist) 1420–1429 Tempera on panel, 21 x 50 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This panel is part of a set of three…
Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (Virgin and Child, with Two Angels) c.1500 Oil on panel, diameter 96.5 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Edgar Allan Poe 2nd half 19th century Ink (etching) on paper, 41 x 28.2 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo See also: • Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
Donatello (1386-1466) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) s.d. Stucco, diameter 70 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Donatello (1386-1466) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1445 Gilded bronze, marble, 87 x 51 x 12 cm; bronze tondo: 27 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The Madonna in Donatello’s bronze relief sits modestly on the ground, thus inviting the viewer to…
Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Child with Pinwheel and Toddler’s Chair c.1500 Oil on oak panel, 57.2 x 32 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This is the outer left wing of a tryptych. The double-sided painted panel originally formed the left wing of a small…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Conestabile (Conestabile Madonna) c.1504 Tempera on canvas (handed over from panel), 17.5 x 18 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Raphael entered the history of Italian art as the “genius of harmony”. The ideals of the High Renaissance were…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Adorazione di Gesù Bambino (Adoration of the Christ Child) c.1480 Tempera on canvas, diameter 33 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Filippino Lippi was the son of the artist-monk, Fra Filippo Lippi, and himself a pupil of Botticelli. This…
Nadar (1820-1910) Gioachino Antonio Rossini 1856 Salt print mounted on card, 24.4 x 18.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Rossini (1792–1868) is best known for the 39 operas he completed before his 39th birthday, including The Barber of Seville, Othello,…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) La Sacra Famiglia con San Giovanni Battista e Santa Margherita (The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Margaret) 1495 Tempera and oil on wood, diameter 153 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Lippi‘s sophisticated composition…