Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Natività (The Nativity) early 1480s Oil on poplar, 124.4 x 122.6 cm National Gallery, London Piero della Francesca depicted Christ’s Nativity as a miraculous vision materialising on top of a hill near his hometown in rural Tuscany. He…
Piero della Francesca (c.1416-1492) Battesimo di Cristo (The Baptism of Christ) probably about 1437–1445 Egg tempera on poplar, 167 × 116 cm National Gallery, London This is the earliest surviving work by the innovative Tuscan painter, Piero della Francesca. Very few…
Births: • Sforza, Ludovico il Moro, Duke of Milan (1452-1508) See also: • Cities | Italia
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Madonna col Bambino e un angelo (The Virgin and Child with an Angel) c.1496–1500 Oil and egg temera on poplar, 114 x 63.5 cm National Gallery, London This was the central panel of the predella of an altarpiece made for…
Births: • Correggio (c.1489-1534) Deaths: • Correggio (c.1489-1534) See also: • Cities | Italia
Folkestone in Art: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le Départ du vapeur de Folkestone c.1868–1872 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia See also: • Cities | England | UK
