Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Romolo (Saint Romulus) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 16 x 15.6 cm National Gallery, London We can piece together who this saint is: his mitre (hat) and crosier (crook) identify him as a bishop, and a faint inscription…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Sant’Alessandro (Saint Alexander) c.1425 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 15.9 x 15.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This early work by Fra Angelico dates about 1425 and formed part of the decoration of the frame of an…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna della Seggiola (Madonna of the Chair) 1513–1514 Oil on wood, diameter 71 cm Galleria Palatina, Firenze See also: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raphaël et la Fornarina 1814 Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Tête de la Grande Odalisque (Head of the Grande Odalisque) 19th Century Oil on canvas, diameter 44 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Cambrai Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La grande odalisque 1814 Musée du Louvre, Paris…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) La Vierge à l’hostie (The Virgin with the Host) 1854 Oil on canvas, diameter 113 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Repetition with variants of the Virgin painted in 1841 for the future Tsar Alexander II (Pushkin Museum, Moscow). Compare: Ingres,…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Le bain turc (Turkish bath) 1862 Oil on canvas, 108 × 110 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Circular composition. Naked bathing women from the back, from the front, in profile, in three/quarter view, sitting, standing, dancing……
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Autoritratto entro uno specchio convesso (Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror) c.1523–1524 Oil on panel, diameter 24.4 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna After his arrival in Rome, the young artist gave his self-portrait painted on a curved piece of wood to…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Madonna e Bambino con san Giovannino (The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist) 1599–1600 Oil on panel, diameter 29 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This late work whose composition recalls those of Raphael, is…
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Padre Eterno (Everlasting Father) 1604–1606 Fresco transferred to canvas Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona Mural Paintings from the Herrera Chapel.
Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) c.1604 Oil on canvas, diameter 82.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg