EditorialSingle Leaf from an Antiphonary: Initial H[odie nobis] with The Nativity, 1471. Benvenuto di Giovanni (Italian, 1436-1509/17). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 56 x 40 cm (22 1/16 x 15 3/4 in.).
EditorialPortrait of a Young Woman. Dated: c. 1508. Dimensions: painted surface: 58.1 x 43.2 cm (22 7/8 x 17 in.) overall: 60 x 45 cm (23 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) framed: 75.6 x 59.7 x 8.3 cm (29 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.). Medium: oil on poplar panel.
EditorialThe Crucifixion. Dated: probably 1491. Dimensions: painted surface: 41.2 x 52.9 cm (16 1/4 x 20 13/16 in.) overall size: 42.6 x 53.8 cm (16 3/4 x 21 3/16 in.) framed (with three other paintings): 59.7 x 283.2 x 5.4 cm (23 1/2 x 111 1/2 x 2 1/8 in.). ...
EditorialMadonna and Child, ca. 1470, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall 27 3/4 x 18 1/8 in. (70.5 x 46 cm); painted surface 24 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (61.6 x 37.5 cm), Paintings, Benvenuto di Giovanni (Italian, Siena 1436?after 1518 Siena), This resplendent and w...
EditorialA Satyr. Dated: 1544/1545. Dimensions: overall: 41.6 x 20.3 cm (16 3/8 x 8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper; laid down, with framing line in brown ink.
EditorialSketchbook Page: Studies after Paintings in Ferrara, Rome, Bologna, Mantua after Artists Tibaldi, Raphael, Andrea del Sarto and Polidoro; Verso: Bird Skeleton and Horse's Head, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and brown ink, brush with brown wash o...
EditorialPortrait presume de Benvenuto Cellini-Presumed portrait of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571). Florence, mid-16th. The porphyry on which the portrait is painted, may be the result of the debate, in Florence of the 16th, about the difference in durability of...
EditorialSaliera (salt cellar), executed for King Francois I during Cellini's stay in Paris, 1540-1543. Detail: a small temple used for holding pepper. Gold, niello work and ebony base. Total H: 26 cm Inv. 881.