Italian Renaissance Learning Resources

Raphael
Bindo Altoviti, c. 1515
Oil on panel, 59.7 x 43.8 cm (23 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi
The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1440/60
Tempera on panel, diameter 137.3 cm (54 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Giovanni Antonio de’ Rossi
Cameo depicting Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519–74) and family, 17th century
Sardonyx
Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Alfredo Dagli Orti/The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY

Attributed to Donatello
Bust of a Young Man with a Medallion (Bust of a Gentleman), c. 1450–55
Bronze
Museo Nazionale di Bargello, Florence
Gianni Dagli Orti/The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY

Plaquette depicting Cupid Driving a Chariot, 15th century
Bronze, 5.7 x 7.6 cm (2 1/4 x 3 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Niccolò Fiorentino
Lorenzo de’ Medici, il Magnifico (1449–92), date unknown
Bronze/late cast, hollow, diameter 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio
Portrait of Giuliano de’ Medici (detail of breastplate), c. 1475
Terracotta, 61 x 66 x 28.3 cm (24 x 26 x 11 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio
Giuliano de’ Medici, c. 1475
Terracotta, 61 x 66 x 28.3 cm (24 x 26 x 11 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Benedetto da Maiano
Filippo Strozzi, Italian Banker, c. 1475
Terracotta bust, 46 x 56 x 22.5 cm (18 1/10 x 22 x 8 9/10 in.)
bpk, Berlin/Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Staatliche Museum/Joerg P. Anders/Art Resource, NY

Florentine, 15th century
Posthumous medal of Cosimo de’ Medici (1389–1464), Pater Patriae [obverse]; Florence Holding an Orb and Triple Olive Branch [reverse], probably 1465/69
Bronze, diameter 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

After Antonio Pollaioulo
Mirror frame in the form of the Medici ring, c. 1470–80
Painted and gilded stucco in a gilt wood frame, 64.2 x 50.8 x 5.5 cm (25 1/4 x 20 x 2 1/5 in.)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Attributed to Antonio Rossellino
Bust of Francesco Sassetti, 1464–5
Marble
Museo Nazionale di Bargello, Florence
Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY

Bertoldo di Giovanni
The Pazzi Conspiracy Medal: Lorenzo de’ Medici, il Magnifico (1449–92) [obverse]; The Murder of Giuliano I de’ Medici [reverse], 1478
Bronze, diameter 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Benedetto da Maiano
Portrait of Giotto, c. 1490
Marble
Florence, Duomo
Scala/Art Resource, NY

Benvenuto Cellini
Portrait Bust of Bindo Altoviti (1490-1556), c. 1550
Bronze, h. 105.5 cm (41 1/2 in.)
© Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum/The Bridgeman Art Library

Paolo Veronese
Portrait of a Woman, called “La bella Nani,” c. 1560
Oil on canvas, 119 x 103 cm (46 9/10 x 40 3/5 in.)
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY

Benedetto da Maiano
Bust of Filippo Strozzi (1426–91), c. 1476
Marble
Louvre, Paris, France
Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY

Lorenzo Lotto
Marsilio Cassotti and His Bride, Faustina, 1523
Oil on canvas, 71 x 84 cm (27 15/16 x 33 1/16 in.)
Museo del Prado, Madrid
Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY

Andrea del Castagno
David with the Head of Goliath, c. 1450/55
Tempera on leather on wood, 115.5 x 76.5 cm (45 1/2 x 30 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Widener Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Attributed to Francesco Xanto Avelli
Bowl with Laocoön, 1539
Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Widener Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Bernardino Luini
Portrait of a Woman as Mary Magdalen, c. 1525
Oil on panel, 58.8 x 47.8 cm (23 1/8 x 18 13/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Nicola da Urbino
Maiolica plate with The Legend of Apollo and Daphne and the joined arms of Isabella d’Este and Francesco Gonzaga, c. 1524–5
Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 27.1 cm; h. 4.5 cm (10 7/10 in.; 1 4/5 in.)
British Museum, London
© Trustees of the British Museum

Florentine, 15th century
Cosimo de’ Medici (1389–1464), Pater Patriae [obverse]; Florence Holding an Orb and Triple Olive Branch [reverse], c. 1465/69
Bronze, diameter 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Giovanni Bellini
Portrait of a Venetian Gentleman, c. 1500
Oil on panel transferred to panel, 29.69 x 20 cm (11 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Neroccio de Landi
Claudia Quinta, c. 1490/95
Tempera on panel, 105 x 46 cm (41 5/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Sandro Botticelli
The Adoration of the Magi, c. 1478/82
Tempera and oil on panel, 70 x 104.2 cm (27 9/16 x 41 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Sebastiano del Piombo
Portrait of a Woman as the Wise Virgin, c. 1510
Oil on hardboard transferred from panel, 54.7 x 47.5 cm (21 9/16 x 18 11/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Bowl with arms and devices of Pope Leo X and families allied by marriage with the Medici, c. 1520–1
Earthenware, diameter 36.5 cm; h. 20.8 cm (14 2/5 in.; 8 1/5 in.)
British Museum, London
© Trustees of the British Museum

Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio
Alexander the Great, c. 1483/85
Marble, 55.9 x 36.7 cm (22 x 14 7/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gift of Therese K. Straus
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Sandro Botticelli
Giuliano de’ Medici, c. 1478/80
Tempera on panel, 75.5 x 52.5 cm (29 3/4 x 20 11/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Giovanni Bellini
The Doge Leonardo Loredan, 1501–4
Oil on poplar, 61.6 x 45.1 cm (24.3 x 17.8 in.)
The National Gallery, London
© National Gallery, London/Art Resource, NY

Attributed to Benvenuto Cellini
Pietro Bembo, (1470–1547), Cardinal (1538), Venetian Philologist, Poet and Belletrist [obverse]; Pegasus on the Fountain Hippocrene[reverse], 1537/1547
Bronze, diameter 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Florentine, 16th century
Allegorical Portrait of Dante, late 16th century
Oil on panel, 126.9 x 120 cm (49 15/16 x 47 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
Palazzo Medici, Florence, 1445–57
Photographer: Gryffindor, uploaded to Wikimedia Commons April 2008

Niccolò Fiorentino
Lorenzo de’ Medici, Il Magnifico [obverse]; Florence under a Laurel (?) Tree, Holding Three Lilies [reverse], c. 1490
Bronze, diameter 9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gift of the Circle of the National Gallery of Art
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art

Italian, 15th century
Vase, c. 1470
Tin-glazed earthenware, 38.7 x 28.3 x 21 cm (15 1/5 x 11 1/10 x 8 3/10 in.)
Detroit Institute of Arts, USA, Gift of the Women’s Committee with additional funds from Robert H. Tannahill
The Bridgeman Art Library

Vincenzo Catena
Portrait of a Woman, c. 1520
Oil on canvas, 55 x 44.5 cm (21 2/3 x 17 1/2 in.)
El Paso Museum of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection

Vittore Carpaccio
Prudence, c. 1500
Oil on panel, 108.3 x 55.2 cm (40 2/3 x 21 7/10 in.)
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Collection

Vittore Carpaccio
Temperance, c. 1500
Oil on wood, 108.3 x 54.9 cm (40 2/3 x 21 3/5 in.)
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Collection

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi
Childbirth tray of Lorenzo de’ Medici with The Triumph of Fame, c. 1448
Tempera, silver, and gold on wood, diameter 92.7 cm (36 1/2 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi
Reverse of childbirth tray of Lorenzo de’ Medici with impresa of the Medici family and arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, c. 1449
Tempera, silver, and gold on wood, diameter 92.7 cm (36 1/2 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Marco del Buono Giamberti and Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso
The Story of Esther, 1460–70
Tempera and gold on wood, 44.5 x 140.7 cm (17 1/2 x 55 3/8 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Giovanni della Robbia
Dovizia, 16th century
Glazed terracotta, polychromed, 69.2 x 37.5 x 21 cm (27 1/4 x 14 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis

Circle of Niccolò Fiorentino
Filippo Strozzi (1428–91), Florentine Merchant-Prince [obverse]; Eagle and Strozzi Shield in a Meadow [reverse], 1489
Bronze, diameter 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Samuel H. Kress Collection
Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art