Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Romualdo nega l’accesso alla chiesa all’imperatore Ottone III (Saint Romuald Refuses Emperor Otto III Admission to the Church) 1435 Tempera on panel, 22 × 27 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Martirio dei pellegrini e funerali di Orsola (Martyrdom of the Pilgrims and Funeral of St Ursula) 1493 Oil on canvas, 271 x 560 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the eighth of nine paintings in the cycle of the…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Incontro dei pellegrini col Papa (The Meeting of the Pilgrims with the Pope) c.1492 Oil on canvas, 279 x 305 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the sixth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St.…
Pontormo (1494-1557) Alabardiere (Portrait of a Halberdier) 1529–1530 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 95.3 x 73 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles Standing before a fortress wall, this well-dressed foot soldier holds a combination spear and battle-axe called a halberd. His…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Ritratto di uomo (Portrait of a Man, Mercurio Bua) c.1535 Oil on canvas, 118 x 105 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The character, long believed to be a self-portrait of the artist, is depicted inside a closed environment, the…
Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Susanna e i vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1517 Oil on panel, 66 x 50 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The painting is signed in the bottom left, LOTUS PICTOR 1517, dating it to the artist’s first sojourn in…
Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino e storie della vita di sant’Anna (Madonna with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St Anne) c.1452–1453 Tempera on panel, diameter 135 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze This painting, one of the most original…
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Adorazione dei Magi (The Adoration of the Kings) c.1480 Oil with some egg tempera on wood, 57.5 x 85.7 cm National Gallery, London A ruinous chapel-like building stands in a rocky landscape. The Virgin Mary sits on the…
Guercino (1591-1666) San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian) 1653 Oil on canvas, 253 x 169 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Work of the Bolognese school artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino, the painting depicts St Sebastian, officer of the Praetorian Guard of…
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) San Girolamo nel deserto (Saint Jerome in the Wilderness) c.1480 Oil on panel, 151.7 x 113.7 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze