(1544–1595) Works: • Gerusalemme liberata (Italian) • Jerusalem Delivered (English) Tasso in Art: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Adrasto assiso ai piedi d’Armida c.1740–1746 National Gallery, London Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Il mago d’Ascalona c.1740–1746 National Gallery, London Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) La vergogna di…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) San Marco (Saint Mark) 1570–1571 Oil on panel, 177.8 × 99.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Saint Luke and Saint Mark panels were part of a commission from Pope Pius V in 1569 to decorate the newly built Torre Pio (Pius Tower) in…
(1564–1642) Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei Works: • Discourse on Floating Bodies (English) • The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei (English) Galileo in Art: Sustermans, Justus (1597-1681) Ritratto di Galileo Galilei 1635 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Born February…
(1431–1503) Roderic Llançol de Borja, Rodrigo Borgia Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503) Alexander VI in Art: Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente c.1480 National Gallery, London Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Jacopo Pesaro presentato a san Pietro da papa Alessandro VI 1506–1510 Koninklijk Museum…
(1468–1549) Alessandro Farnese Pope Paul III (1534–1549) Alessandro Farnese in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di papa Paolo III a capo scoperto c.1543 Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Papa Paolo III 1545–1546 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg See also:…
(c.1454–1513) Bernardino di Betto Betti Bernardino di Betto di Biago The artist’s works: Madonna col Bambino benedicente c.1480 National Gallery, London Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente c.1480 National Gallery, London Capo di un giovane che guarda in alto c.1485 National Gallery of…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: San Nicola salva una nave da un naufragio (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: St Nicholas saves a ship from a shipwreck) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: San Nicola resuscita tre fanciulli messi in salamoia (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: St. Nicholas resurrects three boys put in brine) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: Dono alle fanciulle povere (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: Gift to Poor Girls) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano The Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari…
Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Storie di S. Nicola di Bari: La nascita di San Nicola (Stories of St. Nicholas of Bari: The Birth of St. Nicholas) 1425 Tempera on panel, 35.5 × 36 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano The Stories of St. Nicholas…