Tag: Virgin Mary

Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (1624)

Guercino (1591-1666) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1624 Oil on canvas, diameter 68.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called il Guercino) created Rest on the Flight to Egypt as a…

Deposizione nel sepolcro (1656)

Guercino (1591-1666) Deposizione nel sepolcro (The Entombment) 1656 Oil on canvas, 146.7 x 221.2 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Guercino’s career is unusually well documented, in part due to the survival of his account books, which reveal that he…

Cristo risorto appare alla madre (1629)

Guercino (1591-1666) Cristo risorto appare alla madre (The Resurrected Christ Appears to the Virgin) 1629 Oil on canvas, 260 x 179.5 cm Civica Pinacoteca Il Guercino, Cento Wrapped in a metallic-colored drapery, beautiful and solemn in his gait, with the flag…

Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio (1623)

Guercino (1591-1666) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio (Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1623 Oil on copper, 72.5 x 65 cm National Gallery, London Mary and Joseph brought the infant Christ, forty days after his birth, to be presented in…

The Annunciation (1502-1503)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) The Annunciation c.1502–1503 Woodcut printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, darkened to cream, 29.8 × 21.1 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA

Madonna col Bambino (c.1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Madonna col Bambino (The Virgin and Child) c.1490 Tempera on panel, 88.9 x 55.9 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Botticelli oversaw an active workshop that produced multiple versions of the same composition. The central figures in this painting are…