This beautiful and moving picture was acquired in 1908 by one of Bellini’s most eloquent admirers, the great British critic Roger Fry (1866–1934), who was employed by the Museum at the time (see Fry 1908)
B[attista]. Cavalcaselle. 2nd ed. [1st ed. 1871].
The reconstructed portal is composed of five medieval elements. Neither the bases nor the arch of rosettes were part of the medieval monument. The two jambs of gray Carrara marble were apparently recarved from sections of antique sarcophagi
Forsyth, William H., and Margaret B. Freeman.
–B. de La Faille. L’Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh: Catalogue Raisonné.
Daily Chronicle (October 5, 1912), p. 6 [reprinted in J. B.
Saint Matthew is shown seated in a dark interior lit by an oil lamp and assisted by an angel in his writing of the gospel. The diminutive scenes in the background, whose subjects have been debated, relate to his life as presented in the Golden Legend
B[ryson]. B[urroughs].
"Three Exhibitions: Georg Kolbe, Arthur B. Davies and Charles Demuth."
This arresting portrait of an unidentified young Florentine is dated by most scholars to the 1530s. During that decade Bronzino was often engaged in painting members of a close-knit circle of acquaintances with whom he shared literary interests, and this sitter—who so conspicuously holds open a book—may be from among that group
Harry B. Wehle.
capture of Carthage by Publius Cornelius Scipio, an event that took place in 146 B.C
B. Tiepolo: la sua vita e le sue opere.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1933. „A Statue of the Diadoumenos.“ Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28(12): pp. 214–16, figs. 1–3.Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1936[1934]. A Guide to the Collections, Part 1: Ancient and Oriental Art, 2nd edn
A History of Greek Art, Vols. 1 and 2. p. 331, pl. 109b, Cambridge, England.
This arresting portrait of an unidentified young Florentine is dated by most scholars to the 1530s. During that decade Bronzino was often engaged in painting members of a close-knit circle of acquaintances with whom he shared literary interests, and this sitter—who so conspicuously holds open a book—may be from among that group
Harry B. Wehle.
