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Autorretrato (c.1670)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Autorretrato (Self Portrait) c.1670 Oil on canvas, 122 × 107 cm National Gallery, London Murillo probably painted this self portrait in about 1670, when he was in his early fifties – his hairline is receding and his…

Madonna col Bambino e due angeli (1485-1495)

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 Sandro Botticelli’s works mark the culmination of a mystical religious tradition in the art of…

Lucrezia di Lippo di Iacopo Guidi (c.1525-1528)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Lucrezia di Lippo di Iacopo Guidi c.1525–1528 Oil on panel, 22.5 × 15.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Andrea del Sarto created  this portrait to be incorporated, together with the Portrait of Becuccio Bicchieraio, in the predella…

Domenico da Gambassi (c.1525-1528)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico da Gambassi (or Becuccio Bicchieraio) c.1525–1528 Oil on panel, 22.5 × 15.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Andrea del Sarto created  this portrait to be incorporated, together with the Portrait of Becuccio Bicchieraio’s wife, in the…

Domenico di Jacopo di Matteo (c.1528-1530)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico di Jacopo di Matteo, called ‘Becuccio Bicchieraio’ c.1528–1530 Oil on panel, 86 x 67 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Compare: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Domenico da Gambassi c.1525–1528 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     See also: • Gambassi,…

Virgin and Child (c.1475-1480)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475–1480 Oil on wood, diameter 17.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this small roundel of the Virgin suckling the Christ Child was very popular, disseminated through workshop patterns that date…

Madonna che adora il Bambino (early 1490s)

Lorenzo di Credi (c.1459-1537) Madonna che adora il Bambino (Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel) early 1490s Tempera on wood, diameter 91.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York An angel introduces the infant…