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…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1420–1423 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 63.8 x 48.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This early work by Fra Angelico accentuates the drama of the Crucifixion by showing the Virgin collapsed in grief with…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1440 Tempera transferred to canvas, laid down on wood, gold ground, 34 x 50.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York To the left of the Crucifixion are shown Saints Monica, her son Augustine, and Peter…
Cimabue (1240-1302) Flagellazione di Cristo (The Flagellation of Christ) c.1280 Tempera on panel, 24.8 × 20 cm Frick Collection, New York
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1310–1315 Tempera on poplar panel, 85.4 × 61.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman with pale skin holds a baby in the crook of her left arm, on our right, against…
Giotto (c.1267-1337) Adorazione dei Magi (The Adoration of the Magi) c.1320 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 45.1 x 43.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This picture—at once austere and tender—belongs to a series of seven showing the life of…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Étude pour Phidias dans L’Apothéose d’Homère (Study for Phidias in the Apotheosis of Homer) 1827 Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 32.39 cm x 35.56 cm San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Le Martyre de saint Symphorien (The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien) 1865 Oil on canvas, 36.7 x 31.6 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe et le Sphinx (Oedipus and the Sphinx) 1864 Oil on canvas, 105.5 x 87 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Oedipe explique l’énigme du sphinx 1808 Musée du Louvre, Paris Ingres,…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Les Fiançailles de Raphaël et de la Nièce du Cardinal Bibbiena (The Betrothal of Raphael and the Niece of Cardinal Bibbiena) 1813–1814 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 59.1 x 46.5 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore…