Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Primavera (Allegory of Spring) c.1480 Tempera on panel, 207 x 319 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This painting, usually known as the Primavera [or ‘Spring’] shows nine figures from classic mythology advancing over a flowery lawn in a grove…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Vergine Annunziata (Virgin Annunciate) c.1473–1474 Oil and tempera on panel, 42.5 x 32.8 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich This panel painting, created for private devotional use, shows the Virgin Mary after being brought the message of the Annunciation.…
Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna Salting (The Virgin and Child) c.1460–1469 Oil on wood, 43.2 x 34.3 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary glances down at her baby son, Christ, who clutches a pomegranate in his tiny fist. The fruit,…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix) 1804–1808 Carrara marble, 160 x 92 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Portrayed by Antonio Canova in the guise Venus victorious in the Judgement of Paris, Pauline Borghese…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Sacra Famiglia sotto la quercia (Holy Family below the Oak) 1518–1520 Oil on panel, 144 x 110 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Leaning on a classical ruin, Saint Joseph looks at the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in her…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna d’Alba (Alba Madonna) c.1510 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, diameter 94.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington After four years in Florence, Raphael moved to Rome in 1508, probably to execute more significant commissions under the papal…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Niccolini-Cowper (The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna) 1508 Oil on panel, 80.7 x 57.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: center right on border of Madonna’s bodice: MDVIII.R.V.PIN (1508 Raphael of Urbino painted it) A woman holds and looks toward…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Piccola Madonna Cowper (Small Cowper Madonna) c.1505 Oil on panel, 59.5 x 44 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A woman and nude child, both with pale skin, sit in front of a deep landscape in this vertical painting.…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna della Rosa (Madonna of the Rose) c.1517 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 103 x 84 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first verified Spanish documentation of Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist or Madonna of…
Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna di Loreto, Madonna del Velo (Madonna of Loreto, Madonna of the Veil) c.1509–1512 Oil on panel, 121 x 91 cm Musée Condé, Chantilly