I have been reading quite a lot lately about Leonardo and just as an aside I thought I would share some sketches from both Leonardo and Rembrandt. I find these sketches fascinating. The first two are by Rembrandt and the second two by Leonardo. The second sketch by Leonardo is his sketch of James, who was of course, known as ‘the beloved’ of Jesus. There is such a tenderness and beauty in this sketch and such poignancy.
In the New Sacristy of San Lorenzo, which Michelangelo began in 1520, stand the magnificent tombs, completed by...
(Self portrait from Adoration of the Magi 1488) Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449 – 1494) was an Italian Renaissance painter, frescoist...
(The Return from Rome of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga – 1474) On the walls of the Camera degli Sposi in...
The Veiled Christ statue in the Sansevero chapel in Naples, carved from a single block of marble by the Neopolitan...
Palazzo Clerici is one of the most opulent residences of eighteenth-century Milan. Booking is required to visit its...
There is much that is strikingly beautiful about this painting, The Venetian Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (1528-1588) is said to...
In the last chapel on the right in the Cathedral of Pescia, a chapel known as the Turini Chapel,...
In the Cathedral of Pescia, Tuscany you will find an extraordinary piece of art. In the Turini Chapel is...
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