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Comprising three panels, the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi and the Presentation in the Temple, this painting is earlier than the triptych on the same subject painted by Memling for Jan Floreins [+]
John Frederick I of Saxony (Torgau, 30 June 1503–Jena, 3 March 1554), Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg from 1532, was the principal defender of Luther, a fact that brought him into conflict with Charles V. I [+]
This must have been the central panel of an altarpiece dedicated to Saint Anthony Abbot. He is shown with his attribute of a pig. The flames at his feet allude to the illness known as "Saint Anthony´s [+]
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Wearing half-armour and accompanied by an adjutant, the King is presented against a scene of battle with cavalry troops behind him in the panoramic background. Above the monarch, a winged Victory figu [+]
In the bay of a Renaissance cloister, Mary is seated on a throne with her Son on her lap. On the left is Saint Benedict and on the right, Saint Bernard, patrons of the Order of Montesa. The latter pro [+]
This is without a doubt one of the finest drawings done in Italy during the sixteenth century from the Prado´s collection. Peter Candid, the artist responsible, was not however Italian by birth but Ne [+]
This attractive compositional study is typical of Balducci´s style of drawing from the 1580s, the period of the artist´s early maturity. The pictorial effect is enhanced by the hot, brick-red ground, [+]
