Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di giovane donna (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1536 Oil on canvas, 96 x 75 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In his portraits, Titian, one of the best portrait painters in Europe, took a radically different approach to male…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Charity c.1627–1628 Oil on oak, 148.2 x 107.5 cm National Gallery, London In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul outlines the importance of faith, hope and charity, naming charity as the greatest of the three.…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Trionfo della Castità e Amore sconfitto (Triumph of Chastity: Love Disarmed and Bound) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.7 x 133.4 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco (directly onto wet plaster), was part…
Pontormo (1494-1557) Ritratto di Maria Salviati con Giulia de’ Medici (Portrait of Maria Salviati de’ Medici and Giulia de’ Medici) c.1539 Oil on panel, 88 x 71.3 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Medici, Giulia de’ (c.1535-c.1588) | Salviati, Maria…
Pontormo (1494-1557) Desco da parto: Nascita di San Giovanni Battista (Birthing-tray: Birth of St John the Baptist) 1526–1527 Oil on panel, 89 x 74 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The birthing tray was a ceremonial object typically used in Tuscany in the…
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Mosè difende le figlie di Jetro (Moses Defends the Daughters of Jethro) 1523–1527 Oil on canvas, 160 x 117 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze