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…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Pandora 1881 Watercolor on paper, 26 x 24.3 cm Private collection
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) San Nicolò consacrato vescovo di Myra (St. Nicholas consecrated bishop of Myra) c.1582 Oil on canvas, 271 x 541 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Pontormo (1494-1557) Desco da parto: Nascita di San Giovanni Battista (Birthing-tray: Birth of St John the Baptist) 1526–1527 Oil on panel, 89 x 74 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The birthing tray was a ceremonial object typically used in Tuscany in the…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacra Famiglia con sant’Elisabetta e san Giovannino (Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist) c.1516 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 106 x 87 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) La Sacra Famiglia (The Holy Family) c.1487–1488 Oil on panel, diameter 124 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Compare: Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) La Sacra Famiglia c.1490–1495 National Gallery, London
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) & Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Adorazione dei Magi, Tondo Cook (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1440–1460 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 137.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dozens of people line up around a shed-like structure and around stone ruins…
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino e storie della vita di sant’Anna (Madonna with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne) c.1452–1453 Tempera on panel, diameter 135 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This painting, one of the most original…
Masaccio (1401-1428) Desco da parto (Birth plate) c.1423 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 66 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the 15th century, it was customary in Florence to give families a so-called birth plate or desco da parto after the birth of…
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1448-1494) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1487 Tempera on panel, diameter 171.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze