A Satyr by Benvenuto Cellini https://www.nga.gov/artworks/73890-satyr
corner reads, “alla porta di fontana Bellio di bronzo p piu di dua volte il vivo b
corner reads, “alla porta di fontana Bellio di bronzo p piu di dua volte il vivo b
Pietro Lorenzetti of Siena painted me in 1340 . This inscription is the signature of the Sienese painter Pietro Lorenzetti , which survives on a fragment of the original frame (now incorporated in a modern support and located beneath this painting).
Accession Number 1941.5.1.b Associated Artworks Saint Mary Magdalene, with an
This painting belongs to a triptych, which also includes Madonna and Child, with Blessing Christ and Saint Catherine of Alexandria .
London, 1968: 2:221. 1972 Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri.
This painting belongs to a triptych, which also includes Madonna and Child, with Blessing Christ and Saint Mary Magdalene, with an Angel . The image represents Saint Catherine of Alexandria, who is identified by her crown and by the wheel of martyrdom she supports with her right hand.
London, 1968: 2:221. 1972 Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri.
no. 62d, repro., as The Descent into Limbo (cat. by Keith Christiansen, Laurence B.
(cat. by Keith Christiansen, Laurence B. Kanter, and Carl Brandon Strehlke).
Pietro Lorenzetti of Siena painted me in 1340 . This inscription is the signature of the Sienese painter Pietro Lorenzetti , which survives on a fragment of the original frame (now incorporated in a modern support and located beneath the image of Madonna and Child ).
London, 1968: 2:221. 1972 Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri.
1989, no. 62b, repro., as The Way to Calvary (cat. by Keith Christiansen, Laurence B.
Saint Judas Thaddeus once decorated the predella of an altarpiece along with nine other small portraits of apostles, three of which are in the collection of the National Gallery of Art: Matthew , Simon , and James Major .
Merzenich,"Di dilettanza per un artista – Der Sammler Antonio Giovanni Ramboux in der Toskana
Simon “the Zealot� is one of Jesus’s apostles in the first three Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke), but otherwise Simon is an elusive figure. Legend says that he was martyred by being sawn apart, but there is no saw to indicate his martyrdom in this half-length portrait.
Merzenich,"Di dilettanza per un artista – Der Sammler Antonio Giovanni Ramboux in der Toskana