Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Renaissance Piety (Narratives and Figures) - I

Giovanni Baronzio
The Nativity and The Adoration of the Magi
ca. 1325-50
tempera on panel
Courtauld Gallery, London

Carlo Crivelli
The Immaculate Conception
1492
tempera on panel
National Gallery, London

Carlo Crivelli
Madonna della Rondine
ca. 1490-1500
tempera and oil on panel
National Gallery, London

Anonymous Italian Artist working in Florence
Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and an Angel
ca. 1450-1500
tempera on panel
National Gallery, London

Juan de Flandes
Christ appearing to the Virgin with the Redeemed of the Old Testament
ca. 1499-1500
oil on panel
National Gallery, London

Hans Memling
The Donne Triptych
Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors
1478
oil on panel
(formerly in the Devonshire collection at Chatsworth)
National Gallery, London

Hans Memling
The Donne Triptych
St John the Baptist
1478
oil on panel
(formerly in the Devonshire collection at Chatsworth)
National Gallery, London

          Purple –

The Color of a Queen, is this –
The Color of a Sun
At setting – this and Amber –
Beryl – and this, at Noon –

And when at night – Auroran widths
Fling suddenly on Men –
'Tis this – and Witchcraft – nature keeps
A Rank – for Iodine –

– Emily Dickinson (1864)

Hans Memling
The Donne Triptych
St John the Evangelist
1478
oil on panel
(formerly in the Devonshire collection at Chatsworth)
National Gallery, London

Gerard David
Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor
ca. 1510
oil on panel
National Gallery, London

follower of Jan Gossaert
The Magdalen
ca. 1500-1525
oil on panel
National Gallery, London

Quentin Metsys
Virgin and Child with Angels
ca. 1500-1510
oil on panel
Courtauld Gallery, London

Master of Frankfurt
Holy Family with Music-Making Angels
ca. 1505
oil on panel
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Master of Saint Severin
Adoration of the Magi
ca. 1500-1515
tempera and oil on panel
Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham

Raffaellino del Garbo
St John the Baptist
ca. 1505
tempera on panel
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Raffaellino del Garbo
Virgin adoring the Child
with St John the Baptist, St Lawrence, and the Magdalen

before 1524
tempera on panel
Christ Church, University of Oxford