A Satyr by Benvenuto Cellini https://www.nga.gov/artworks/73890-satyr
Zeichnungen aus der Toskana: Das Zeitalter Michelangelos. Exh. cat.
Zeichnungen aus der Toskana: Das Zeitalter Michelangelos. Exh. cat.
This painting belongs to a triptych, which also includes Madonna and Child, with Blessing Christ and Saint Catherine of Alexandria .
Italienische Gemälde im Städel 1300-1550: Toskana und Umbrien.
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.
Italienische Gemälde im Städel 1300-1550: Toskana und Umbrien.
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
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).
Italienische Gemälde im Städel 1300-1550: Toskana und Umbrien.
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 ).
Italienische Gemälde im Städel 1300-1550: Toskana und Umbrien.
Simone Martini depicts Saint Matthew holding a book, quill pen, and inkpot in the process of writing his Gospel. This panel, along with nine others of apostles, including three in the National Gallery of Art’s collection depicting Simon , James Major , and Thaddeus , were once part of the same altarpiece.
Merzenich,“Di dilettanza per un artista – Der Sammler Antonio Giovanni Ramboux in der Toskana
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
Italienische Gemälde im Städel 1300-1550: Toskana und Umbrien.
This small panel 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 Thaddeus .
Merzenich,“Di dilettanza per un artista – Der Sammler Antonio Giovanni Ramboux in der Toskana