The letters inscribed on the left & right pilasters suggest the abbreviated forms of the first & last letters of the Greek alphabet (Alpha & Omega). This refers to a saying from the Book of Revelation: 'I am Alpha & Omega, the beginning & the e ...

Signed & dated at the bottom of the central panel: OPVS BENVENVTI IOANES DE SENIS MCCCCLXXVIIII (Work of Benvenuto di Giovanni of Siena 1479). Inscribed below the Virgin & Child: REGINA CELI LETTARE ALLELVIA (Rejoice the Queen of Heaven, Alleluia); an ...

This picture has been called a work of Bellini's workshop, but the best preserved parts are by no means unworthy of Bellini himself. Painted in the middle period of Bellini's career, this painting has been dated to various points in the 1480s & 1490s. ...

The design occurs in many versions, two of which have been assigned to Pesellino. The execution of the painting has been attributed to Piero di Lorenzo (1412
- 1480) & to ' Don Diamante' (1430
- 1498).

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This work is a fragment of a fresco. It is painted in the style of Boltraffio, while also resembling the work by the Master of the Pala Sforzesca; it was presumably painted by a Milanese follower of Leonardo da Vinci. It is badly damaged. ...

This picture was probably made in Venice in about 1505. The bird held by the infant Christ is a linnet. It was perhaps intended as an emblem of the Passion of Christ, although the bird generally employed for this purpose was a goldfinch. ...

Versions of this design are very frequent; they may all derive from a Botticelli ' Virgin & Child' now in Paris (Louvre). This version was probably painted in the last quarter of the 15th century by the artist's workshop. ...

This Virgin & Child group is derived from the central part of Botticelli's Saint Barnaba Altarpiece (Uffizi, Florence). The painting is inscribed on the back with the year 1412, but the probable date of execution is about 1485-1500. ...

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The Virgin & Child are seated behind a parapet. Christ is shown with two cherries. Two angels adore the Christ Child. This work has much in common with the paintings of Boccaccio Boccaccino, but the landscape appears more reminiscent of Previtali. A variant of the composition in the style of Boccaccino exists (Liphardt collection) & the work in this Collection is now tentatively thought to be by Previtali but based on a design by Boccaccino, presumably at the suggestion of the patron. This connection can be explained by the geographical proximity of Bergamo (Previtali's home from about 1512 until his death in 1528) to Cremona (Boccaccino's home from 1506 until his death about 1524-5). ...