Tag: Virgin Mary

Pietà (early 1620s)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) Pietà (The Lamentation over the Dead Christ) early 1620s Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 181 cm National Gallery, London Ribera captures the moment when Christ’s lifeless body is laid out after it has been brought down from the…

La fuga in Egitto (1701)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) 1701 Oil on canvas, 61.5 x 48.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In 1692 Giordano was summoned to Spain as court painter to King Charles II. Charles was succeeded in…

Annunciazione (1672)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Annunciazione (The Annunciation) 1672 Oil on canvas, 236.5 x 169.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Giordano was the leading painter in Naples in the late seventeenth century and one of the most sought-after Italian artists of…

Adorazione dei Magi (1423)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1423 Tempera on panel, 300 × 282 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Predella: Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) La presentazione al tempio c.1423 Musée du Louvre, Paris    

Natività (c.1420-1422)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Natività (Nativity) c.1420–1422 Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 72.1 × 42.6 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles

Polittico di Valle Romita (c.1408)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Polittico di Valle Romita (Valle Romita Polyptych) c.1408 Tempera on panel, 157.2 x 79.6 (central panel) 117.5 x 40 cm (lower side panels) 48.9 x 37.8 cm (upper side panels) Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano

Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (c.1400-1410)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (Madonna and Child Enthroned, Saint Nicholas of Bari, Saint Catherine of Alexandria and a donor) c.1400–1410 Tempera and gold on poplar, 133.4 x 115 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SIGNATURE / INSCRIPTION:…

Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (c.1547-1550)

Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina (The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria) c.1547–1550 Oil on canvas, 57.8 × 91.4 cm Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Compare: Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina 1547–1548 Hermitage Museum, Saint…