Tag: Virgin Mary

Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (c.1626-1628)

Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) c.1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 138.5 × 216 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower left: HORATIVS GENTILESHVS FECIT On the run from Herod, the Holy Family rests…

Madonna col Bambino (c.1445)

Donatello (1386-1466) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1445 Gilded bronze, marble, 87 x 51 x 12 cm; bronze tondo: 27 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The Madonna in Donatello’s bronze relief sits modestly on the ground, thus inviting the viewer to…

St Luke Drawing the Virgin (15th century)

Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) St Luke Drawing the Virgin 15th century Oil on canvas, 102.5 x 108.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg The subject is taken from a 6th-century legend of Greek origin, according to which St Luke was the…

Madonna col Bambino e cherubini (1520s)

Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Madonna col Bambino e cherubini (Madonna and Child with Cherubs) 1520s Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 111 x 75.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg The Florentine Mannerist Rosso Fiorentino developed at an early age an extravagant, experimental…