Images of the past

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Thursday, 20 December 2012

Italian Gothic 1350-c. 1400

Nardo di Cione


Madonna del Parto


Detail from "Last Judgment",1350s


Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Zenobius,John the Baptist,Reparata 

and John the Evangelist,mid 14th c.


Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints,det.


Angelo di Guariento


An Angel,c. 1350


Angel,1357


Lorenzo Veneziano


Detail of Saints from the Lion Polyptych,1357

                                              Madonna from the Lion Polyptych,1357


Marriage of St. Catherine,1360


Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter,1370


Annunciation Polyptych,1371


Annunciation Polyptych,det.


Annunciation Polyptych,det.


Resurrection,1371


Madonna and Child,1372


Polyptich of Santa Maria della Celestia,1351-1400

                                             Polyptich of Santa Maria della Celestia,det.


Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Donors,1370s 


Giovanni da Milano


Polyptich di Ognissanti,before 1365


Birth of Virgin 1365



Pietro Nelli


St. Catharine of Alexandria,1365


St. Elizabeth of Hungary,1365


Andrea di Bonaiuto


 Fresco from Santa Maria Novella in Florence,"Way of Salvation",1365-68

Way of Salvation,det.


Way of Salvation,det.


Way of Salvation,det.


Way of Salvation,det.


Way of Salvation,det.


Way of Salvation,det.


Way of Salvation,det.


Way of Salvation,det.


Fresco from Santa Maria Novella in Florence,"Triumph of St Thomas and Allegory of the Sciences",1365-68


Triumph of St Thomas and Allegory of the Sciences,det.


Triumph of St Thomas and Allegory of the Sciences,det.


Triumph of St Thomas and Allegory of the Sciences,det.


Triumph of St Thomas and Allegory of the Sciences,det.


Triumph of St Thomas and Allegory of the Sciences,det.


Triumph of St Thomas and Allegory of the Sciences,det.


Triumph of St Thomas and Allegory of the Sciences,det.


Triumph of St Thomas and Allegory of the Sciences,det.


Triumph of St Thomas and Allegory of the Sciences,det.


Detail from Descent of Christ into Limbo,1365-68

Madonna and Child with Angels and Saints

Madonna and Child with Angels and Saints,det.


St. Agnes,1365

St. Domitilla,1365

St.Catherine of Alexandria from The Virgin and Child with Ten Saints,1360


Giovanni del Biondo


The Archangel Gabriel,1360-70

St.Catherine of Alexandria


Other Painters and Anonymous 1350-1380


The Madonna della Misericordia, an Anonymous fresco in the Bigallo, Florence,1352

The Madonna della Misericordia,det.

Fragment from the Strozzi Altarpiece by Andrea di Cione Orcagna,1354

Strozzi Altarpiece,det.

Departure of St. Ursula by Tommaso da Modena,1355-58

Virgin and Child with Saints by Luca di Tomme,1362

                                                       Virgin and Child with Saints,det.


Virgin and Child with Saints,det.

Birth of the Virgin by Maestro della Predella dell'Ashmolean,1365-70

Birth of the Virgin,det.

Birth of the Virgin,det.

Detail from "Coronation of the Virgin" by Master of San Lucchese,1365-70

Betrothal of The Virgin by Lippo Vanni,1360


Crucifixion by Barnaba da Modena,1375

Crucifixion,det.

Adoration of the Magi by Paolo Serafini di Modena from the third quarter of the XIVth c.

Annunciation by Giusto de' Menabuoi ,1376-78


Jacopo da Cione


Resurrection from the Polyptych of San Pier Maggiore,1370

Resurrection,Polyptych of San Pier Maggiore,det.

St. Stephen from Polyptych of San Pier Maggiore

Saints from Polyptych of San Pier Maggiore

Angles from the Polyptych of San Pier Maggiore

Angles from the Polyptych of San Pier Maggiore


Coronation of the Virgin from the Angles from the Polyptych of San Pier Maggiore

Coronation of the Virgin,det.

Story of St Peter from the Polyptych of San Pier Maggiore

Saint Peter Enthroned Between Saint Paul and the Faithful 
from the Polyptych of San Pier Maggiore

 Coronation of the Virgin,1372

Coronation of the Virgin,det.


Agnolo Gaddi


Coronation of the Virgin,c. 1370

Discovery of the True Cross,1380s

Det. of the Queen of Sheba from the Discovery of the True Cross

Det. of St. Helena from the Discovery of the True Cross


Coronation of the Virgin,c. 1380

Detail from Madonna enthroned with Saints and Angels,1380-90

Detail from a Tryptich "Madonna and Child with Saints",1369-96


Catarino Donato


Coronation of the Virgin,1372 

Coronation of the Virgin,1375



Niccolo di Buonaccorso


Coronation of the Virgin,1380

Marriage of the Virgin,1380

Presentation of the Virgin,1380

Detail from the Triptych of the Virgin and Child Enthroned

Angel from the Triptych of the Virgin and Child Enthroned


Spinello Aretino


St Pontianus,1383-84

Feast of Herod,1385

A Saint from the Triptych of the Crucifixion,1390-1410

Totila and St. Benedict,1400-1410


 Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni


Polyptych with Coronation of the Virgin and Saints,c. 1390

 Coronation of the Virgin and Saints,det.

Coronation of the Virgin and Saints,det.

St .Catherine Enthroned with Two Saints and Two Donors,c. 1380

Frescoes from the Church San Francesco,Cappella della Croce di Giorno

Frescoes from the Church San Francesco,Cappella della Croce di Giorno,det.


Frescoes from the Church San Francesco,Cappella della Croce di Giorno,det.


Madonna del Latte,1405


Paolo di Giovanni Fei


Birth of the Virgin,1381

Birth of the Virgin,det.


Assumption of the Virgin,c. 1385

Assumption of the Virgin,det.

Presentation of the Virgin,c. 1400

Presentation of the Virgin,det.

Presentation of the Virgin,det.


Nicolo di Pietro Gerini


Captains of Mercy find Mothers for Abandoned Children,1386

The Brothers of Bigallo give Orphans to Adoptive Mothers,1386

Two Saints,1340-1415

St. Lorenzo


Bartolo di Fredi


Adoration of the Magi,1385-88

Detail from a painting of the Coronation of the Virgin,1388

Detail of the Angel from Annunciation,1388

Madonna della Misericordia

Abraham and Lot separating in the Land of Canaan


Niccolo di Pietro


Madonna and Child,1394

The Child St. Benedict miraculously repairs a broken capistero,1415

St. Ursula,1410

Coronation of The Virgin,1410-20


Other Painters and Anonymous 1380-1400


Madonna and Child with  St. Catherine,St. George and Teodorico da Coira
by Simone da Corbetta,1382

Triptych of St. Catherine by Angelo Puccinelli,c. 1385

St.George and the Princess,attributed to the Master of 1388

Madonna and Child by Andrea Vanni,1390

 St. Catherine of Alexandria by Francesco d'Antonio di Ancona,,1393

Triptych by the Maestro di San Jacopo a Mucciana,1398