Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (Madonna and Child Enthroned, Saint Nicholas of Bari, Saint Catherine of Alexandria and a donor) c.1400–1410 Tempera and gold on poplar, 133.4 x 115 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION:…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ratto di Europa (The Rape of Europa) c.1570 Oil on canvas glued to oak panel, 59.5 x 70 cm National Gallery, London The story of the Rape of Europa is told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Mercury is ordered by his…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: L’infedeltà (Four Allegories of Love: Unfaithfulness) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 189.9 x 189.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of love, although…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegorie dell’amore: Il disinganno (Four Allegories of Love: Scorn) c.1575 Oil on canvas, 186.6 x 188.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of a series of four paintings by Veronese that concern the trials and rewards of…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone (Venus and Adonis) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 162 × 191 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Like its pair, Cephalus and Procris (Strasbourg Museum, inv. 634, oil on canvas, 162 x 185 cm), this canvas illustrates a…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone (Venus and Adonis) c.1586 Oil on canvas, 68 × 52 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Venere e Adone c.1580 Museo del Prado, Madrid See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria) c.1547–1550 Oil on canvas, 57.8 × 91.4 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina 1547–1548 Hermitage Museum, Saint…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Carità (Charity) 1518–1519 Oil on canvas, 185 x 137 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted for Francis I during Andrea del Sarto‘s stay in France (1518-1519).Coll. Francis I. (Louvre) See also: • François I, King of France (1494-1547)
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1529–1530 Oil on poplar wood, 213 x 159 cm Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Compare: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco c.1527 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacrificio di Isacco (The Sacrifice of Isaac) c.1527 Oil on wood, 178 x 138 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In this dramatic test of faith from the Old Testament book of Genesis, Abraham agrees to slay his…