These panels (P02838, P02839, P02840), along with a fourth one in a private collection, illustrate the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, the eighth novel of the fifth day of Boccaccio´s Decameron. This [+]
The Virgin Mary lies on her deathbed, surrounded by eleven Apostles. Through the window, the Borgo di San Giorgio and the Laguna of Mantua can be seen in the background. This scene depicts the Virgin [+]
These panels (P02838, P02839, P02840), along with a fourth one in a private collection, illustrate the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, the eighth novel of the fifth day of Boccaccio´s Decameron. This [+]
Tulga was a king of the Visigoths from 640 to 642. The Chronological Series of the Kings of Spain was a museum project planned in 1847 by José de Madrazo to adorn four of the new rooms at the R [+]
These panels (P02838, P02839, P02840), along with a fourth one in a private collection, illustrate the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, the eighth novel of the fifth day of Boccaccio´s Decameron. This [+]
The principal drawn version of this composition is in the British Museum, London. The British Museum drawing was engraved by Bernard Picart in 1729). Another, weaker version of the composition is at B [+]
Although by a mediocre hand, this head calls to mind those in red chalk of a similar type by Giovanni Agostino da Lodi (active c. 1467-1524/25), a Milanese follower of Leonardo, a fine example of whi [+]