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Tempera Collection (page 3)

"Exploring the Richness of Tempera: From Evening Church to Salcombe, Devon" Discover the captivating world of tempera

Background imageTempera Collection: Portrait Of A Man, c1500-20. Creator: Ridolfo Ghirlandaio

Portrait Of A Man, c1500-20. Creator: Ridolfo Ghirlandaio
Portrait Of A Man, c1500-20.

Background imageTempera Collection: Virgin and Child with Saints Francis, Andrew, Paul, Peter, Stephen, and Louis of Toulouse

Virgin and Child with Saints Francis, Andrew, Paul, Peter, Stephen, and Louis of Toulouse, c. 1317-21. Six Christian saints occupy arched panels on both sides of the Virgin Mary and infant Jesus

Background imageTempera Collection: Virgin And Child With Two Angels, c1480. Creator: Matteo di Giovanni

Virgin And Child With Two Angels, c1480. Creator: Matteo di Giovanni
Virgin And Child With Two Angels, c1480. The Virgin Mary balances an unfinished miniature building on one arm, while her son Jesus raises his hand in a blessing

Background imageTempera Collection: The Calling Of Saints Peter And Andrew, 1470s. Creator: Matteo di Giovanni

The Calling Of Saints Peter And Andrew, 1470s. Creator: Matteo di Giovanni
The Calling Of Saints Peter And Andrew, 1470s. Jesus on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, urging two fishermen, the brothers Peter and Andrew, to become his disciples

Background imageTempera Collection: Virgin And Child With Music-Making Angels, c1400-1410. Creator: Master of the Strauss Madonna

Virgin And Child With Music-Making Angels, c1400-1410. Creator: Master of the Strauss Madonna
Virgin And Child With Music-Making Angels, c1400-1410.

Background imageTempera Collection: Virgin And Child Enthroned With Four Angels, c1460-70. Creator: Piero della Francesca

Virgin And Child Enthroned With Four Angels, c1460-70. Creator: Piero della Francesca
Virgin And Child Enthroned With Four Angels, c1460-70. The Virgin Mary and Jesus are attended by angels, whose wings are partly visible

Background imageTempera Collection: The Canon Gilles Joye, 1472. Creator: Hans Memling

The Canon Gilles Joye, 1472. Creator: Hans Memling
The Canon Gilles Joye, 1472. According to inscriptions on this painting's frame, Gilles Joye, a priest and composer, was 47 years old when Memling painted his portrait

Background imageTempera Collection: Christ Crowned With Thorns, c1479-80. Creator: Ercole de' Roberti

Christ Crowned With Thorns, c1479-80. Creator: Ercole de' Roberti
Christ Crowned With Thorns, c1479-80. Jesus is shown with a rope knotted around his neck and a crown of thorns on his head, tears and blood trickling down his face

Background imageTempera Collection: Virgin And Child, c1465-70. Creator: Matteo di Giovanni

Virgin And Child, c1465-70. Creator: Matteo di Giovanni
Virgin And Child, c1465-70. Jesus raises one hand in blessing, a solemn expression on his face. The Virgin Mary appears pensive as she gently touches her son's shoulder

Background imageTempera Collection: Portrait Of A Lady, c1490. Creator: Domenico Ghirlandaio

Portrait Of A Lady, c1490. Creator: Domenico Ghirlandaio
Portrait Of A Lady, c1490.

Background imageTempera Collection: Portrait of a Young Man

Portrait of a Young Man
CUL4847142 Portrait of a Young Man by Holbein, Ambrosius (c.1493-c.1519); State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; (add.info.: Portrait of a Young Man - Holbein, Ambrosius (1494-1519)

Background imageTempera Collection: ESTIMARIU, Master of (14th century). The legend of St. Lucy. 1357 - 1385. (161 x 97 cm)

ESTIMARIU, Master of (14th century). The legend of St. Lucy. 1357 - 1385. (161 x 97 cm). AGATHA, Saint (-250)
CUL4869072 ESTIMARIU, Master of (14th century). The legend of St. Lucy. 1357 - 1385. (161 x 97 cm). AGATHA, Saint (-250). Martyr.; Lucia of Syracuse, Saint (283 - 304)

Background imageTempera Collection: Man drying silkworm cocoons over a charcoal pan surrounded by bamboo screen and using blanket

Man drying silkworm cocoons over a charcoal pan surrounded by bamboo screen and using blanket
531652 Man drying silkworm cocoons over a charcoal pan surrounded by bamboo screen and using blanket and fan to regulate draught

Background imageTempera Collection: Water Blackbird, (tempera, watercolour and pastel on paper laid on board)

Water Blackbird, (tempera, watercolour and pastel on paper laid on board)
650530 Water Blackbird, (tempera, watercolour and pastel on paper laid on board) by Reiss, Winold (1886-1953); 76.1x55.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Water Blackbird. Winold Reiss (1886-1953)

Background imageTempera Collection: The Visitation - Altar Frontal from Mosoll. 13th c. (100 x 168 cm)

The Visitation - Altar Frontal from Mosoll. 13th c. (100 x 168 cm). Upper detail, the representation of the visitation
CUL4866443 The Visitation - Altar Frontal from Mosoll. 13th c. (100 x 168 cm). Upper detail, the representation of the visitation. Tempera painting on wood with stucco decoration and colradura

Background imageTempera Collection: Love scene, detail of a painted beam from the palace of Curiel de Duero

Love scene, detail of a painted beam from the palace of Curiel de Duero, 1386-1412 - Painted woods from Curiel De Los
CUL4876749 Love scene, detail of a painted beam from the palace of Curiel de Duero, 1386-1412 - Painted woods from Curiel De Los Ajos Palace. 1386 - 1412. Detail of a polychrome beam with love scene

Background imageTempera Collection: Scenes of psychostasis - SORIGUEROLA, Master of (half 13th century)). Panel of Saint Michael

Scenes of psychostasis - SORIGUEROLA, Master of (half 13th century)). Panel of Saint Michael. end 13th c
CUL4866436 Scenes of psychostasis - SORIGUEROLA, Master of (half 13th century)). Panel of Saint Michael. end 13th c. (93 x 234'5 cm)

Background imageTempera Collection: The Face of the Virgin, detail of the birth and dream of Saint Joseph

The Face of the Virgin, detail of the birth and dream of Saint Joseph, 12th century (tempera on wood)
CUL4939122 The Face of the Virgin, detail of the birth and dream of Saint Joseph, 12th century (tempera on wood); (add.info.: The Face of the Virgin)

Background imageTempera Collection: Representation of the Annunciation, Visitation, Adoration of the Magi and Presentation in the Temple

Representation of the Annunciation, Visitation, Adoration of the Magi and Presentation in the Temple
CUL4934045 Representation of the Annunciation, Visitation, Adoration of the Magi and Presentation in the Temple, Altarpiece of Mosoll

Background imageTempera Collection: Women feeding silkworms on mulberry leaves. 19th century (Chinese tempera painting on rice paper)

Women feeding silkworms on mulberry leaves. 19th century (Chinese tempera painting on rice paper)
531655 Women feeding silkworms on mulberry leaves. 19th century (Chinese tempera painting on rice paper); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageTempera Collection: Medieval English wall painting from St Stephen's Chapel

Medieval English wall painting from St Stephen's Chapel
3329573 Medieval English wall painting from St Stephen's Chapel; (add.info.: Medieval English wall painting from St Stephen's Chapel; episodes from the Book of Tobit)

Background imageTempera Collection: The Conception of the Virgin. Creator: School of Pinturicchio

The Conception of the Virgin. Creator: School of Pinturicchio
The Conception of the Virgin, Unknown date

Background imageTempera Collection: Detail of the vault of the Chapel of St Sebastian. Creator: Pietro da Cortona

Detail of the vault of the Chapel of St Sebastian. Creator: Pietro da Cortona
Detail of the vault of the Chapel of St Sebastian in St Peter's, Rome, cartoon. Saint. Unknown date

Background imageTempera Collection: St Benedict. Creator: Nardo di Cione

St Benedict. Creator: Nardo di Cione
St Benedict, Unknown date

Background imageTempera Collection: Triptych with the Adoration of the Magi and Saints. Creator: Jacobello del Fiore

Triptych with the Adoration of the Magi and Saints. Creator: Jacobello del Fiore
Triptych with the Adoration of the Magi and Saints, Unknown date

Background imageTempera Collection: St Hugh of Lincoln and St Benedict of Nursia. Creator: Gherardo di Jacopo

St Hugh of Lincoln and St Benedict of Nursia. Creator: Gherardo di Jacopo
St Hugh of Lincoln and St Benedict of Nursia, Unknown date

Background imageTempera Collection: Madonna and Child, 1506-1512. Creators: Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, Girolamo da Udine

Madonna and Child, 1506-1512. Creators: Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, Girolamo da Udine
Madonna and Child, 1506-1512. Earlier ascribed to Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (1458-1516) and attributed to Girolamo di Bernardino da Udine (1506-1512)

Background imageTempera Collection: Head of a Mourning Woman, 15th century. Creator: Ercole de Roberti

Head of a Mourning Woman, 15th century. Creator: Ercole de Roberti
Head of a Mourning Woman, 15th century. Based on one of the mourning women in Ercole's famous fresco of the Crucifixion

Background imageTempera Collection: The Myth of Io, c1490. Creator: Bartolomeo di Giovanni

The Myth of Io, c1490. Creator: Bartolomeo di Giovanni
The Myth of Io, c1490. As told by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE) in his "Metamorphoses, " the beautiful nymph Io was seduced by Jupiter, king of the gods

Background imageTempera Collection: Saint Helena, c1575. Creator: Francesco Morandini

Saint Helena, c1575. Creator: Francesco Morandini
Saint Helena, c1575. St. Helena (ca. 247-ca. 327) was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (ca. 288-337), who, according to tradition, christianized the Roman Empire

Background imageTempera Collection: Madonna and Child with St Andrew and St Lawrence. Creator: Niccolò Rondinelli

Madonna and Child with St Andrew and St Lawrence. Creator: Niccolò Rondinelli
Madonna and Child with St Andrew and St Lawrence, Unknown date

Background imageTempera Collection: Madonna and Child. Creator: Master of the Castello Nativity

Madonna and Child. Creator: Master of the Castello Nativity
Madonna and Child, Unknown date

Background imageTempera Collection: Madonna and Child, between c.1504 and c.1530. Creator: Marco Basaiti

Madonna and Child, between c.1504 and c.1530. Creator: Marco Basaiti
Madonna and Child, between c.1504 and c.1530

Background imageTempera Collection: Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and Mark and Three Venetian Procurators, 1510

Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and Mark and Three Venetian Procurators, 1510. Creator: Giovanni Bellini
Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and Mark and Three Venetian Procurators, 1510

Background imageTempera Collection: Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Francis, early-mid 15th century

Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Francis, early-mid 15th century. Creator: Masolino da Panicale
Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Francis, early-mid 15th century

Background imageTempera Collection: The Poet Gustav Fröding, c1900s, Creator: Sven Richard Bergh

The Poet Gustav Fröding, c1900s, Creator: Sven Richard Bergh
The Poet Gustav Froding, c1900s

Background imageTempera Collection: The Story of Susanna: The Elders as Judges, c1488-90. Creator: Lorenzo Costa

The Story of Susanna: The Elders as Judges, c1488-90. Creator: Lorenzo Costa
The Story of Susanna: The Elders as Judges, c1488-90. This panel is from a series illustrating critical events in the life of the biblical figure Susanna

Background imageTempera Collection: Profile of a Gypsy Woman, 1500-1525. Creator: Unknown

Profile of a Gypsy Woman, 1500-1525. Creator: Unknown
Profile of a Gypsy Woman, 1500-1525. This panel was originally installed along the upper wall of a room, perhaps a study or reception room

Background imageTempera Collection: The Crucifixion; Saint Michael, c1480-1490. Creator: Lorenzo d'Alessandro

The Crucifixion; Saint Michael, c1480-1490. Creator: Lorenzo d'Alessandro
The Crucifixion; Saint Michael, c1480-1490. This double-sided painting originally functioned as a standard to be carried during processions and other religious ceremonies

Background imageTempera Collection: Saint Jerome in His Study, 1451. Creator: Antonio da Fabriano II

Saint Jerome in His Study, 1451. Creator: Antonio da Fabriano II
Saint Jerome in His Study, 1451. Saint Jerome (ca. 347-420 CE) was one of the four Latin Fathers of the Church (the others being Saint Augustine, Ambrose)

Background imageTempera Collection: Vajradhara with Mahasiddhas, c1400. Creator: Unknown

Vajradhara with Mahasiddhas, c1400. Creator: Unknown
Vajradhara with Mahasiddhas, c1400. Vajradhara, the primordial Buddha, is considered to be the original teacher of the tantric Buddhist (Vajrayana) teachings

Background imageTempera Collection: Saint John the Baptist and Saint James the Great, 1423-1424. Creator: Giovanni Toscani

Saint John the Baptist and Saint James the Great, 1423-1424. Creator: Giovanni Toscani
Saint John the Baptist and Saint James the Great, 1423-1424

Background imageTempera Collection: Madonna and Child, 1430-1450. Creator: Francesco Squarcione

Madonna and Child, 1430-1450. Creator: Francesco Squarcione
Madonna and Child, 1430-1450

Background imageTempera Collection: Madonna and Child, c1446-1447. Creator: Filippo Lippi

Madonna and Child, c1446-1447. Creator: Filippo Lippi
Madonna and Child, c1446-1447. This tender devotional image of the Madonna and Child before a gold curtain functioning as a cloth of honor retains its original frame in the shape a window frame in a

Background imageTempera Collection: Madonna and Child, c1480. Creator: Cosimo Rosselli

Madonna and Child, c1480. Creator: Cosimo Rosselli
Madonna and Child, c1480. Against a shimmering gold background patterned with a elegant floral motif, the Madonna embraces the Infant Christ and presses her cheek against his

Background imageTempera Collection: Christ Before Caiaphas, 1470-1475. Creator: Antonio della Corna

Christ Before Caiaphas, 1470-1475. Creator: Antonio della Corna
Christ Before Caiaphas, 1470-1475. This small, brightly-coloured panel illustrates the New Testament scene in which Jesus Christ, after his arrest

Background imageTempera Collection: Four Panels with the Passion of Christ from a Predella, 1426. Creator: Giovanni di Paolo

Four Panels with the Passion of Christ from a Predella, 1426. Creator: Giovanni di Paolo
Four Panels with the Passion of Christ from a Predella, 1426. These four panels are from a "predella, " the lowest section of an altarpiece typically painted with scenes from the lives of

Background imageTempera Collection: Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor, c1490. Creator: Carlo Crivelli

Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor, c1490. Creator: Carlo Crivelli
Virgin and Child with Saints and Donor, c1490. Mary's crown and the elegance of her dress reinforce the status of the embracing Virgin and Child as Queen and King of Heaven




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"Exploring the Richness of Tempera: From Evening Church to Salcombe, Devon" Discover the captivating world of tempera, a versatile and timeless medium that has been used by artists throughout history. In Samuel Palmer's "Evening Church, 1830, " we are transported to a serene scene where warm hues blend harmoniously with delicate brushstrokes. Embark on "The Road to the West" as you delve into Our Lady of Vladimir, an ancient icon dating back to the 12th century. This masterpiece was carefully moved through time, preserving its ethereal beauty for generations to come. In "The Mournes, " experience the breathtaking landscapes rendered in tempera. The meticulous strokes capture nature's grandeur while evoking a sense of tranquility and awe-inspiring beauty. Step into Fra Angelico's world with his iconic piece "The Annunciation. " With each stroke meticulously applied using tempera, this masterpiece transports us back in time and immerses us in divine serenity. Peter Bruegel the Elder's "Triumph of Death" showcases his mastery over tempera on panel. The intricate details bring this haunting composition to life, leaving viewers captivated by its macabre allure. Travel back centuries with a French manuscript leaf from ca. 1280-1300 depicting The Book of Nehemias. Each vibrant pigment tells a story as it adorns delicate parchment pages with exquisite precision. Paolo Uccello's epic battle scene in "The Battle of San Romano" mesmerizes viewers through his skillful use of tempera. Every stroke conveys movement and intensity, capturing the essence of war like never before. Antonio Canova immortalized grace and beauty in his work "The Graces and Venus. " Through masterful application paint, he brings these mythological figures to life with remarkable realism. Fra Angelico once again enchants us with his "Annunciation Altarpiece.