The lavish use of mordant gilding is characteristic of Bergognone, in whose work the mordant (the adhesive to which the gold leaf is attached) is applied in thick relief. The painting is likely to be an early work influenced by Vincenzo Foppa, then one of the most esteemed painters in Lombardy. Bernardino was the chief assistant to his brother Ambrogio Bergognone, one of the leading artists in Milan when Leonardo arrived there in 1482. ...
This is usually accepted as a late work by Liberale da Verona, made after his definitive return to his native city in 1492 thereabouts. A work made for private devotion, it probably dates from the first decades of the 16th century. The slightly open mouth ...
In this late work, the saints are not securely identified. Francia repeated this composition, with some variation, on other occasions; the saints could easily be changed into others without causing any damage to the central view of the Virgin & Child. ...
This painting & ' The Donor & Saint Mary Magdalene' were originally the wings of an altarpiece. Here the Virgin is supported by Saint John the Evangelist. The focus of her anguish was presumably the figure of Christ in the lost central panel of the alt ...
The painting shows Mary appearing to receive rays emanating from the Holy Spirit (in the form of a Dove) as she receives the news from the Angel Gabriel that she will give birth to the Son of God (Luke 1: 26-38). This work is probably one of a pair of pan ...
Inscribed identifying the saints: (left wing, left to right) 1/. S. BER[NARDUS] (Saint Bernard) 2/. S. SCOLASTICA 3/ B. (Saint Benedict) 4/. ECCE. AGNVS. DEI. QVI TO (LLIT PECC)A (TA MUNDI) (Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin [of the World]); (ri ...
The figures have been identified as the Virgin Mary (top right) with apostles & the evangelists. This, along with four other panels showing respectively, ' Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven', ' The Forerunners of Christ with Saints & Martyrs', ' Th ...
These panels are the sawn-off outsides of the wings of ' The Crucifixion'. The costume indicates a date of around 1525-30 or a little later.
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Hand - A part of the body at the end of the arm
Hand - A pointer which indicates time on a clock face
Date - A day on a calendar
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