Holbein – The Ambassadors
PREVIOUS: RAPHAEL – POPE JULIUS II Hans Holbein: The Ambassadors: 1533 This is a picture full of meanings – some obvious, some hidden. We can […]
Month: June 2015
Botticelli – Venus and Mars
PREVIOUS: VAN EYCK, THE ARNOLFINI PORTRAIT Sandro Botticelli: Venus and Mars: about 1480-90 We’re back across the Alps to Florence for this painting, Botticelli’s Venus […]
Margarito d’Arezzo – The Virgin and Child Enthroned
Margarito d’Arezzo – The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Narrative Scenes. About 1263-64 This is one of the earliest pictures in the National Gallery, dating […]