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Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (c.1480)

Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (Saint Catherine of Alexandria with a Donor) c.1480 Oil on wood, 56.5 x 38.1 cm National Gallery, London This painting was made for private worship, and the donor who commissioned it is shown kneeling…

Madonna col Bambino benedicente (c.1480)

Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Madonna col Bambino benedicente (The Virgin and Blessing Child) c.1480 Tempera on wood, 53.5 x 35.5 cm National Gallery, London Presented by Queen Victoria at the Prince Consort’s wish, 1863. Pintoricchio painted a number of images of the Virgin…

Supplizio del fornaio (c.1515)

Pontormo (1494-1557) Supplizio del fornaio (Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker) c.1515 Oil on wood, 61 x 51.7 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the panels that decorated the bedroom of Pierfrancesco Borgherini in the Borgherini palace in Florence. They…

Giuseppe con Giacobbe in Egitto (1518)

Pontormo (1494-1557) Giuseppe con Giacobbe in Egitto (Joseph with Jacob in Egypt) probably 1518 Oil on wood, 96.5 x 109.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the panels that were made to decorate the bedchamber of the banker Pierfrancesco Borgherini…

Giuseppe venduto a Putifarre (c.1515)

Pontormo (1494-1557) Giuseppe venduto a Putifarre (Joseph sold to Potiphar) c.1515 Oil on wood, 61 x 51.6 cm National Gallery, London This picture was commissioned to celebrate Pierfrancesco Borgherini’s marriage to Margherita Accaiuoli in 1515, and formed part of the decoration of…

I fratelli di Giuseppe chiedono aiuto (c.1515)

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…

Ritratto di giovane con una lettera (1518)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Ritratto di giovane con una lettera (Portrait of a Young Man holding a Letter) 1518 Oil on wood, 85.5 x 66.5 cm National Gallery, London A young man glances up at us from the letter he has just been…

Cavaliere di San Giovanni (c.1523-1524)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Cavaliere di San Giovanni (A Knight of Saint John) c.1523–1524 Oil on poplar, 96.8 x 76.2 cm National Gallery, London The unknown man in this half-length portrait proudly displays an eight-pointed silver cross suspended from a black cord round…

La Vergine e il Bambino in trono (c.1440-1444)

Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) La Vergine e il Bambino in trono (The Virgin and Child Enthroned) c.1440–1444 Fresco, transferred to canvas, 241 x 120.5 cm National Gallery, London This is the central part of a fresco which was once flanked by two standing…

Testa di santo con tonsura e barba (c.1440-1444)

Domenico Veneziano (c.1410-1461) Testa di santo con tonsura e barba (Head of a Tonsured, Bearded Saint) c.1440–1444 Fresco, transferred to tile, 45 x 35.5 cm National Gallery, London This is a fragment of a fresco of an image of a standing saint.…