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.
(Tempura on panel, 209 x 213cm) Also known as The ‘Saint Lucy Altarpiece’ Domenico Veneziano (active 1438-61) arrived in Florence pursuant...
At the transept crossing the Church of I Gesuiti (Santa Maria Assunta), the statues of four archangels sculpted by...
The Laocoön is widely recognised as a masterpiece of the last years of El Greco’s life and I find...
Vertumnus Guiseppe Arcimboldo (1527-93) was a Milanese artist who was employed as a portrait painter at the court...
(The Return from Rome of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga – 1474) On the walls of the Camera degli Sposi in...
In Room V of the Pinacoteca Museum, the Vatican you will find the undated Pietà (above) by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553)....
I have decided to do a series of short blogs on the relationship between Renaissance Art and wine and food...
This is another painting by Paolo Veronese entitled the Marriage at Cana (1563) and it is nothing short of an...
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