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3 days ago · We have examined the Madonna and Child Enthroned theme as well as the Annunciation, and the visual types developed for the Last Supper, Resurrection, and David must join this group. Yet another subject, the Adoration of the Shepherds is introduced from the North to Florence—and, by extension, to the Italian Renaissance—by way of Bruges and a specific painting by Hugo van der Goes ( 1440 ...
1 day ago · Of the two offered at auction this century, a Virgin and Child in painted terracotta relief sold for $5,641,000 (against an estimate of $2-4 million) in 2008, while a terracotta Madonna and Child (the so-called Borromeo Madonna) fetched $4,440,000 (against an estimate of $4-6 million) in 2006; the latter is now in the collection of the Kimbell ...
1 day ago · This majestic statue would originally have been placed in a niche or arch-shaped enclosure decorating an interior architectural structure, such as a tomb or ciborium (a canopy-like structure placed over the altar). Arnolfo designed numerous such monuments, though many have been damaged or dismantled. Arnolfo's sculpture is influenced by his observation of antique models. The drapery derives ...
4 days ago · On the 14 th of May 2024, while visiting the Burgos Cathedral, the Chapel of the Constables to be specific, a beautiful triptych caught my attention. Attributed to the Master of the Madonna Grog, a member of the group of artists formerly associated with the Master of the Embroidered Foliage, the painting of the Madonna with Child in a Landscape stands as a testament to the artistic and ...
2 days ago · Madonna and Child is a tempera and gold on panel painting by Gentile da Fabriano, [1] executed c. 1420–1423, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The work is generally identified as one of the first the artist produced in Florence, where he had arrived in summer 1420, at roughly the point at which he was working on the Pala ...
1 day ago · Since then, the museum has gone through renovations and built a popular sculpture garden within its space. Inside the museum, you can see 12,000 revolving pieces ranging from European art such as Picasso’s Woman with a Book and Rafael’s Madonna and Child with Book to American works such as Andy Warhol’s Brillo Boxes. 8. The Huntington Library
4 days ago · Description: The figures of the Virgin and the sleeping Child stand out vividly from the background, which is dark on the right and open on the left to show a strongly humanised landscape – with the reassuring presence of a fortress and a group of farm houses in the distance.
