Tiziano (c.1488-1576) L’arcangelo Raffaele e Tobiolo (The Archangel Raphael and Tobias) 1510s Oil on panel, 170 x 149 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Pontormo (1494-1557) I fratelli di Giuseppe chiedono aiuto (Joseph’s Brothers beg for Help) c.1515 Oil on wood, 36.3 x 142.5 cm National Gallery, London This picture was commissioned to celebrate the marriage of the banker Pierfrancesco Borgherini to Margherita Accaiuoli in…
Martini, Simone (c.1284-1344) & Memmi, Lippo (c.1291-1356) Annunciazione e i santi Ansano e Massima (Annunciation with St. Ansanus and St. Massima) 1333 Tempera on wood, gold background, 184 x 168 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Masaccio (1401-1428) & Masolino (c.1383-c.1440) Sant’Anna Metterza (Saint Anna, the Madonna with Child and five angels) c.1424–1425 Tempera on panel, 175 x 103 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The term ‘Metterza’ comes from the Tuscan dialect and means ‘mi è terza’ (“I…
Masaccio (1401-1428) Santi Girolamo e Giovanni Battista (Saints Jerome and John the Baptist) c.1428–1429 Egg tempera on poplar, 125 x 58.9 cm National Gallery, London Saint Jerome, wearing his red cardinal’s hat, and Saint John the Baptist stand side by side…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Tentazioni di San Gerolamo (Temptations of St. Jerome) 1541 Oil on panel, 170 x 122.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze In accordance with a literary tradition focusing on his period of solitude in the desert, St Jerome has…
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…
Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475) Crocifissione (Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis) c.1460–1465 Tempera on panel, 45 x 67 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Vasari included a life of Uccello in the Vite. He described…
Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) David c.1466–1469 Partially gilded bronze, 125 cm Museo del Bargello, Firenze See also: • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Battesimo di Cristo (Baptism of Christ) c.1498–1500 Oil on olive wood, 30 × 23 x 2.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Perugino used his successful inventions again and again. This baptism goes back to his fresco in the Sistine Chapel. More…