Tag: Virgin Mary

La presentazione al tempio (c.1423)

Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427) La presentazione al tempio (The Presentation in the Temple) c.1423 Oil on poplar, 26.5 x 62.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Element of the predella of the altarpiece painted in 1423 at the request of Palla Strozzi…

Sacra Conversazione (c.1500)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Sacra Conversazione (Holy Conversation) c.1500 Oil on poplar, 98 x 127 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Inscription: A. VICTORE CARPATHIO FICTI

The Virgin and Child with two Angels (1480-1490)

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…

L’Annunciazione (c.1426)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) L’Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1426 Tempera on panel, 162.3 x 191.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This altarpiece was painted for the monastery of Santo Domenico in Fiesole, near Florence. The central panel shows the Archangel Gabriel’s Annunciation to…

Adorazione dei Magi (1500s)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) & Workshop Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) 1500s Oil on canvas, 134.5 x 217 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Titian, the celebrated and prolific 16th-century Venetian artist, and his large workshop painted several versions of this…

Sacra Famiglia Medici (c.1529)

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacra Famiglia Medici (Madonna and Child, Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist) c.1529 Oil on panel, 140 × 104 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Compare: Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Sacra Famiglia con San Giovannino c.1528 Metropolitan Museum of…