tempera on panel
Madonna and Christ Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Three Angels
This composition, known in a number of variants, was extremely popular in the late 1480s and early 1490s. It probably derives from a prototype by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448/9-1494), master of […]
Bishop Saint and Saint Francis of Assisi
The bishop in this panel is unidentifiable, but St. Francis is distinguished by his simple brown habit and the stigmata, or marks of the five wounds of Christ’s crucifixion, which […]
Saint Benedict
Madonna and Christ Child with Two Saints
Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St. John the Evangelist, and St. Mary Magdalene
This intimate portrayal of Christ’s death on the cross probably formed the right wing of a diptych, or two-paneled altarpiece. The left wing would most likely have depicted a Madonna […]
Enthroned Madonna and Christ Child with Angels, Saints Paula and Agatha
Seven Liberal Arts
Madonna and Christ Child with a Bishop Saint, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Michael and an Unidentified Saint
This is a fragment of a dismantled polyptych, or multi-paneled altarpiece. It probably originally had pinnacles, within which would have been painted angels or Old Testament figures. Below may have […]
Christ as Man of Sorrows
Marco Zoppo was born in Cento, close to Bologna. During his career, Zoppo’s work took him to Padua, Bologna, and Venice. His paintings reveal intimate knowledge of the work of […]
Journey of the Queen of Sheba
Saints Lucy and Agnes
The elegant figures of Saints Lucy and Agnes can be identified by their attributes. Lucy holds a dagger in her left hand, a symbol of her martyrdom, and in her […]