Cinquecento Italian Art

William V. Ganis, PhD

Leonardo da Vinci
Virgin of the Rocks
ca. 1485
oil on wood
6 ft. 3 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.
Leonardo da Vinci
Virgin and Child with
St. Anne and the Infant St. J ohn
ca. 1505-07
charcoal heightened with white on brown paper
4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 3 in.
Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper
Refectory, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy
ca. 1495-98
fresco (oil and tempera on plaster)
29 ft. 10 in. x 13 ft. 9 in.
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)
ca. 1503-1505
oil on wood
2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 9 in.
Leonardo da Vinci
Embryo in the Womb
ca. 1510
pen and ink on paper
Donato dAngelo Bramante
Plan for the new Saint Peters
1505
Christoforo Foppa Caradosso
Medal showing Bramantes design for the new Saint Peters
1506
Donato dAngelo Bramante
Tempietto
San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, Italy
1502
Michelangelo Buonarroti
David
1501-1504
marble
14 ft. 3 in. high
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Moses
San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy
ca. 1513-1515
marble
approximately 8 ft. 4 in. high
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Bound Slave
1513-1516
marble
6 ft. 10 1/2 in. high
Sistine Chapel (view facing west)
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
built 1473
Sistine Chapel (view facing east)
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
built 1473
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1508-12
fresco
approximately 128 x 45 ft.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1511-12
fresco
approximately 18 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 2 in.
Cleaning of, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1977-1989
Cleaning of, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1977-1989
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Drunkenness of Noah, Sistine Chapel Ceiling (pre-restoration)
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1511-12
fresco
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Drunkenness of Noah, Sistine Chapel Ceiling (post-restoration)
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1511-12
fresco
Sistine Chapel (view facing east)
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
built 1473
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Last J udgment
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1537-41
fresco
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Last J udgment
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1537-41
fresco
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Last J udgment
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1537-41
fresco
Raphael
Philosophy (School of Athens)
Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy
1509-11
fresco
approximately 19 x 27 ft.
Raphael
Marriage of the Virgin
Chapel of Saint Joseph in Citt di Castello
near Florence, Italy
1504
oil on wood
5 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 10 1/2 in.
Raphael
Madonna of the Meadows
1505
oil on panel
3 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 10 1/4 in.
Raphael
Galatea
Sala di Galatea, Villa Farnesina
Rome, Italy
1513
fresco
9 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. 5 in.
Raphael
Baldassare Castiglione
ca. 1514
oil on wood transferred to canvas
2 ft. 6 1/4 in. x 2 ft. 2 1/2 in.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Tomb of Giuliano deMedici
Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy
1519-1534
marble
central figure approximately 5 ft. 11 in. high
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Tomb of Giuliano deMedici
Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy
1519-1534
marble
central figure approximately 5 ft. 11 in. high
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger
Palazzo Farnese
Rome, Italy
ca. 1530-1546
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Capitoline Hill
Rome, Italy
designed ca. 1537
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Capitoline Hill and Museo Capitolino
Rome, Italy
designed ca. 1537
Michelangelo Buonarroti
plan for Saint Peters
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1546
Michelangelo Buonarroti
elevation for Saint Peters
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1546-1564
Michelangelo Buonarroti
elevation for Saint Peters
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
1546-1564
Giovanni Bellini
San Zaccaria Altarpiece
Santa Zaccaria, Venice, Italy
1505
oil on wood transferred to canvas
16 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. 9 in.
Giovanni Bellini and Titian
The Feast of the Gods
1529
oil on canvas
5 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. 2 in.
Giorgionne da Castelfranco
Pastoral Symphony
ca. 1508
oil on canvas
3 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.
Giorgionne da Castelfranco
The Tempest
ca. 1510
oil on canvas
2 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 4 3/4 in.
Titian
Assumption of the Virgin
Santa Maria Gloriosa del Frari, Venice, Italy
ca. 1516-1518
oil on wood
22 ft. 6 in. x 11 ft. 10 in.
Titian
Madonna of the Pesaro Family
Santa Maria dei Frari, Venice, Italy
1519-1526
oil on canvas
approximately 16 x 9 ft.
Titian
Meeting
of Bacchus
and Ariadne
1522-1523
oil on canvas
5 ft. 9 in. x 6 ft. 3 in.
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Titian
Venus of Urbino
1538
oil on canvas
4 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in.
Titian
Isabella dEste
1534-36
oil on canvas
3 ft. 4 1/8 in. x 2 ft. 1 3/16 in.
Andrea del Sarto
Madonna of the Harpies
1517
oil on wood
6 ft. 9 in. x 5 ft. 10 in.
Antonio Allegri da Correggio
Assumption of the Virgin
Dome fresco of Parma Cathedral
Parma, Italy
1526-1530
fresco
Antonio Allegri da Correggio
Assumption of the Virgin
Dome fresco of Parma Cathedral
Parma, Italy
1526-1530
fresco
Jacopo da Pontormo
Descent from the Cross
Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicit, Florence, Italy
1525-1528
oil on wood
10 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 6 in.
Parmigianino
Madonna with the Long Neck
ca. 1535
oil on wood
7 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. 4 in.
Parmigianino
Madonna with the Long Neck
ca. 1535
oil on wood
7 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. 4 in.
Bronzino
Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time
(The Exposure of Luxury)
ca. 1546
oil on wood
5 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. 8 3/4 in.
Bronzino
Portrait of a Young Man
ca. 1530s
oil on wood
approximately 3 ft. 1 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 5 1/2 in.
Sofonisba Anguissola
Portrait of the Artists Sisters and Brother
ca. 1555
Giacomo della Porta
faade of Il Ges
Rome, Italy
ca. 1575-1584
Giacomo da Vignola
plan of Il Ges
Rome, Italy
1568
Tintoretto
Miracle of the Slave
1548
oil on canvas
14 x 18 ft.
Tintoretto
Last Supper
Chancel. San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy
1594
oil on canvas
12 ft. x 18 ft. 8 in.
Giulio Romano
Interior courtyard faade
of the Palazzo del T
Mantua, Italy
1525-1535
Paolo Veronese
Christ in the House of Levi
1573
oil on canvas
18 ft. 6 in. x 42 ft. 6 in.
Paolo Veronese
Christ in the House of Levi
1573
oil on canvas
18 ft. 6 in. x 42 ft. 6 in.
Paolo Veronese
Triumph of Venice
ca. 1585
oil on canvas
approximately 29 ft. 8 in. x 19 ft.
Andrea Palladio
Villa Rotunda
near Vicenza, Italy
ca. 1566-1570
Andrea Palladio
Villa Rotunda
near Vicenza, Italy
ca. 1566-1570
Andrea Palladio
west faade of
San Giorgio Maggiore
Venice, Italy
begun 1565
Andrea Palladio
interior of
San Giorgio Maggiore
Venice, Italy
begun 1565