Tag: Virgin Mary

Vergine Annunciata (c.1473-1474)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Vergine Annunciata (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.…

Annunciata (c.1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Annunciata (Virgin Annunciate) c.1475 Oil on wood panel, 45 x 34.5 cm Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo Compare: Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Vergine Annunziata c.1473–1474 Alte Pinakothek, Munich    

Pala di San Cassiano (1475-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Pala di San Cassiano (San Cassiano Altarpiece) 1475–1476 Oil on poplar panel Center table: Madonna and Child, 115 × 63 cm Left panel: Saint Nicholas of Bari and Saint Magdalene (?), 55.5 × 35 cm Right…

Madonna Benson (c.1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna Benson (Madonna and Child) c.1475 Oil and tempera on panel, 58.1 x 43.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up, a young woman embraces a baby in this vertical painting. They both have…

Madonna del Rosario (1473)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna del Rosario (Madonna of the Rosary Enthroned) 1473 Oil on panel, 129 x 76 cm Museo Regionale, Messina This is the central panel of the Saint Gregory Polyptych. Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Polittico di San Gregorio 1473…

Polittico di San Gregorio (1473)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Polittico di San Gregorio (San Gregorio Polyptych) 1473 Tempera on wood, 194 x 202 cm Museo Regionale, Messina Left panel: Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) San Gregorio 1473 Museo Regionale, Messina     Central panel: Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479)…

Crocifissione (1455)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) 1455 Oil on wood, 39 x 23.25 cm Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu

Crocifissione (1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (Christ Crucified) 1475 Oil on wood, 41.9 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London Christ’s body hangs limply on the Cross; the torment of his crucifixion is almost over. He is supported in his final moments by…

Crocifissione (1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Crocifissione (Calvary) 1475 Oil on panel, 52.5 x 42.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The dead Christ hangs from the Cross on Golgotha, also known as Mount Calvary. The Virgin Mary is mourning at his…

Madonna Salting (1460-1469)

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,…