Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Virgin and Child with two Angels 1480–1490 Oil on panel, 36 x 26 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin appears seated in a walled garden, an allusion to the hortus conclusus or enclosed garden, which symbolizes…
Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) Pala di San Gerolamo (S. Gerolamo Altarpiece) c.1490 Tempera on poplar, 235 × 258 cm National Gallery, London The S. Gerolamo Altarpiece, named after the saint prominently depicted at its centre and the church where it originally stood, is…
Botticini, Francesco (1446-1498) San Girolamo in penitenza con santi e donatori (Saint Jerome in Penitence with Saints and Donors) c.1490 Tempera on poplar, 235 × 258 cm National Gallery, London This is the main panel of the S. Gerolamo Altarpiece, one of…
Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Madonna and Child with Angels after 1479 Oil on panel, 57.6 x 46.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the tradition of his Flemish predecessors, Memling‘s painting contains a wealth of religious meaning; it is filled with symbols…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La gara tra Apollo e Marsia (The Contest between Apollo and Marsyas) c.1545 Oil on canvas, 139.7 x 240 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Assunzione della Vergine con i Santi Michele e Benedetto (The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Michael and Benedict) c.1493–1496 Oil and gold on wood, 170.8 x 131.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This altarpiece combines…