EditorialPaolo di Giovanni Fei (c. 1345- c. 1411). Italian painter. Sienese school. Madonna with Child and Two Angels, middle of the 1380s. Detail. Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel). The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialSpandrel Design for Coronation of Virgin. Unknown Artist (possibly German or Sienese, 16th century); or Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669); or Ventura Salimbeni (Italian, 1567/68-1613). Date: 1500-1599. Dimensions: 252 x 350 mm. Pen and black ink,...
EditorialVirgin and Child before Saints Fabianus (or Gregory the Great) and Joseph. Unknown Artist; Italian, Sienese (early/mid-16th Century). Date: 1530-1550. Dimensions: 240 x 249 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on tan laid ...
EditorialWalnut Bench with Balustraded Back. Dated: 16th century. Dimensions: overall: 188.7 x 101.4 x 38.9 cm (74 5/16 x 39 15/16 x 15 5/16 in.). Medium: carved, gilded, and polychromed walnut and oak.
EditorialBernardino Capitelli, Episode 7: Sienese hospitals turn to the rector in desperation during an outbreak of disease; Episode 8: A terrible pestilence plagues Siena; Episode 9: Saint Bernardino withdraws to hold vigil and contemplate, from 'The Life of S...
EditorialSimone Martini (h.1284-1344). Italian painter of the Sienese school. Saint Louis of Toulouse crowning Robert of Anjou, king of Naples, 1317. Detail of the predella with scenes of the saint's life. Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.
EditorialPaolo di Giovanni Fei (c. 1345- c. 1411). Italian painter. Sienese school. Madonna with Child and Two Angels, middle of the 1380s. Detail. Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel). The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialSpandrel Design for Coronation of Virgin. Unknown Artist (possibly German or Sienese, 16th century); or Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669); or Ventura Salimbeni (Italian, 1567/68-1613). Date: 1500-1599. Dimensions: 252 x 350 mm. Pen and black ink,...
EditorialVirgin and Child before Saints Fabianus (or Gregory the Great) and Joseph. Unknown Artist; Italian, Sienese (early/mid-16th Century). Date: 1530-1550. Dimensions: 240 x 249 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on tan laid ...
EditorialIntegral tondo molding, mid-15th century, Sienese, Single piece of poplar. Carved, gilt; brown-red bole, blue in dentil., Overall diam. 18 cm; sight diam. 13 cm., Frames, This 'Madonna and Child' by Sano di Pietro (1405-1481) retains its original frame...
EditorialGiovanni di Pietro: Sienese Government Officials Receiving an Embassy, Giovanni di Pietro, c. 1440, Tempera and gold on panel, Overall: 10 1/4 x 14 9/16 in. (26 x 37 cm).
EditorialSpandrel Design for Coronation of Virgin. Unknown Artist (possibly German or Sienese, 16th century); or Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669); or Ventura Salimbeni (Italian, 1567/68-1613). Date: 1500-1599. Dimensions: 252 x 350 mm. Pen and black ink,...
EditorialVirgin and Child before Saints Fabianus (or Gregory the Great) and Joseph. Unknown Artist; Italian, Sienese (early/mid-16th Century). Date: 1530-1550. Dimensions: 240 x 249 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on tan laid ...
EditorialSimone Martini (h.1284-1344). Italian painter of the Sienese school. Saint Louis of Toulouse crowning Robert of Anjou, king of Naples, 1317. Detail of the predella with scenes of the saint's life. Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.
EditorialSpandrel Design for Coronation of Virgin. Unknown Artist (possibly German or Sienese, 16th century); or Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669); or Ventura Salimbeni (Italian, 1567/68-1613). Date: 1500-1599. Dimensions: 252 x 350 mm. Pen and black ink,...
EditorialVirgin and Child before Saints Fabianus (or Gregory the Great) and Joseph. Unknown Artist; Italian, Sienese (early/mid-16th Century). Date: 1530-1550. Dimensions: 240 x 249 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on tan laid ...
EditorialSpandrel Design for Coronation of Virgin. Unknown Artist (possibly German or Sienese, 16th century); or Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669); or Ventura Salimbeni (Italian, 1567/68-1613). Date: 1500-1599. Dimensions: 252 x 350 mm. Pen and black ink,...
EditorialVirgin and Child before Saints Fabianus (or Gregory the Great) and Joseph. Unknown Artist; Italian, Sienese (early/mid-16th Century). Date: 1530-1550. Dimensions: 240 x 249 mm. Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on tan laid ...
EditorialMedallion with Saint Peter, ca. 1320?40, Made in Siena, Italy, Italian, Champlev? enamel, gilded copper, Overall: Diam. 2 1/2 x 3/16 in. (6.3 x 0.4 cm), Enamels-Champlev?, This enamel medallion, the work of an unidentified goldsmith, was created about ...
EditorialSimone Martini (h.1284-1344). Italian painter of the Sienese school. Saint Louis of Toulouse crowning Robert of Anjou, king of Naples, 1317. Detail of the predella with scenes of the saint's life. Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.
EditorialPaolo di Giovanni Fei (c. 1345- c. 1411). Italian painter. Sienese school. Madonna with Child and Two Angels, middle of the 1380s. Detail. Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel). The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialThe celebrations following the Peace of Cateau-Cambr?sis (April 3, 1559), agreement marking the end of the 65-year (1494?1559) struggle between France and Spain for the control of Italy, leaving Habsburg Spain the dominant power there for the next 150 ...
EditorialWalnut Bench with Balustraded Back. Dated: 16th century. Dimensions: overall: 188.7 x 101.4 x 38.9 cm (74 5/16 x 39 15/16 x 15 5/16 in.). Medium: carved, gilded, and polychromed walnut and oak.
EditorialIntegral tondo molding, mid-15th century, Sienese, Single piece of poplar. Carved, gilt; brown-red bole, blue in dentil., Overall diam. 18 cm; sight diam. 13 cm., Frames, This 'Madonna and Child' by Sano di Pietro (1405-1481) retains its original frame...
EditorialThe Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise, 1445, Tempera and gold on wood, 18 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (46.4 x 52.1 cm), Paintings, Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Siena 1398?1482 Siena), This masterpiece of Sienese pa...
EditorialMedallion with Saint Peter, ca. 1320?40, Made in Siena, Italy, Italian, Champlev? enamel, gilded copper, Overall: Diam. 2 1/2 x 3/16 in. (6.3 x 0.4 cm), Enamels-Champlev?, This enamel medallion, the work of an unidentified goldsmith, was created about ...
EditorialSimone Martini (h.1284-1344). Italian painter of the Sienese school. Saint Louis of Toulouse crowning Robert of Anjou, king of Naples, 1317. Detail of the predella with scenes of the saint's life. Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.
EditorialPaolo di Giovanni Fei (c. 1345- c. 1411). Italian painter. Sienese school. Madonna with Child and Two Angels, middle of the 1380s. Detail. Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel). The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialChrist Cleansing the Temple; Bernardino Mei, Italian (Sienese), about 1605 - 1676; about 1655; Oil on canvas; Unframed: 104.1 x 141 cm (41 x 55 1/2 in.), Framed: 132.1 x 168.6 x 7.6 cm (52 x 66 3/8 x 3 in.).
EditorialThe celebrations following the Peace of Cateau-Cambr?sis (April 3, 1559), agreement marking the end of the 65-year (1494?1559) struggle between France and Spain for the control of Italy, leaving Habsburg Spain the dominant power there for the next 150 ...