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L’Annonciation (1890)

Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) L’Annonciation (The Annunciation) 1890 Oil on canvas, 34.9 x 47 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen Between 1888 and 1891, Émile Bernard together with Gauguin was the creator of Synthetism, the tendency that marked a historical turn…

L’Annunciazione (c.1475)

Bellini, Gentile (c.1429-1507) L’Annunciazione (The Annunciation) c.1475 Mixed media on panel, 133 x 124 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This panel of The Annunciation entered the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection from the British art market and seems to have previously been in a private…

Madonna dell’Umiltà (c.1433-1435)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Virgin of Humility) c.1433–1435 Tempera on panel, 98.6 x 49.2 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, on loan at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) Guido di Piero da Mugello, known as Friar Giovanni…

L’Adorazione dei pastori (1650)

Ribera, Jusepe de (1591-1652) L’Adorazione dei pastori (The Adoration of the Shepherds) 1650 Oil on canvas, 239 x 181 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Sent directly from Naples in 1802, this painting was the first work by Ribera to enter the…

Parnaso (4th quarter of the 15th century)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Parnaso (Parnassus) 4th quarter of the 15th century Tempera on canvas, 159 x 192 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned during the winter of 1496–1497 by Isabelle d’Este, Marchioness of Mantua (1474-1539) for the decoration of her first studiolo…

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

Air (1621)

Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Air 1621 Oil on copper, 45 x 65 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Birds like the armillary sphere of the muse Urania, the telescope of the putto which observes the chariots of Apollo (sun) and Diana…