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Natività (c.1473-1475)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività (The Nativity) c.1473–1475 Fresco transferred to canvas, 161.3 x 137.2 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Sandro Botticelli is arguably the most renowned Renaissance master of the 15th century. The Nativity is not only the sole Botticelli…

L’Île aux Orties, Giverny (1897)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’Île aux Orties, Giverny (The Seine at Giverny) 1897 Oil on canvas Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Compare: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Île aux Orties près de Vernon 1897 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     See also: • Île…

Veduta del Molo, Venezia (1730)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Veduta del Molo, Venezia (View of the Molo, Venice) 1730 Oil on canvas, 67.3 x 83.2 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia See also: • Venezia (Italia)

Virgin and Child (1480-1485)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child 1480–1485 Oil on wood, diameter 17.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this small roundel of the Virgin suckling the Christ Child was very popular, disseminated through workshop patterns that date…

Venere e Cupido (1520s)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) 1520s Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 111.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In his inimitable fashion, in this unique masterpiece Lorenzo Lotto takes one of the most popular subjects of Venetian…