La velata
Raphael · 1513
Palazzo Pitti
Florence
A Renaissance palace on the south bank of the Arno, a short walk from the Ponte Vecchio, holding Raphael’s La velata and the Madonna della Seggiola. It began in 1458 as the town house of one banker, Luca Pitti.
What to see
La velata
Raphael · 1513
La velata, or La donna velata ("The woman with the veil"), is a well known portrait by the Italian Renaissance painter Raffaello Sanzio, more commonly known as Raphael. The subject of the painting appears in another portrait, La Fornarina, and is traditionally identified as the fornarina (bakeress) Margherita Luti, Raphael's Roman mistress.
Madonna del Granduca
Raphael · 1506
The Madonna del Granduca is a Madonna painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was probably painted in 1505, shortly after Raphael had arrived in Florence.
Madonna della Seggiola
Raphael · 1513
The Madonna della Seggiola or The Madonna della Sedia (28" in diameter (71 cm)) is an oil on panel Madonna painting by the High Italian Renaissance artist Raphael, executed c. 1513 to 1514, and housed at the Palazzo Pitti Collection in Florence, Italy.
Portrait of Leo X
Raphael · 1518
The Portrait of Pope Leo X with two Cardinals, also known as Portrait of Pope Leo X with the cardinals Giulio de' Medici e Luigi de' Rossi, is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael, executed c. 1518 to 1520.
Judith and Her Maidservant
Artemisia Gentileschi · 1610
Judith and her Maidservant is a c. 1615 painting by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The painting depicts Judith and her maidservant leaving the scene where they have just beheaded general Holofernes, whose head is in the basket carried by the maidservant. It hangs in the Pitti Palace, Florence.
La donna gravida
Raphael · 1505
La donna gravida (or simply La gravida; Italian for "The Pregnant Woman") is an oil on wood portrait by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1505 and 1506, during Raphael's stay in Florence, Italy.
Artists
Holy Roman Empire · 1483–1520
Italian · 1488–1576 · Venetian school
Papal States · 1593–1653
Italian · 1571–1610 · Baroque
Flemish · 1577–1640 · Flemish Baroque painting
Italian · 1487–1530 · High Renaissance
Republic of Venice · 1757–1822
1503–1540
Italian · 1448–1523 · Umbrian school
Artworks
Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli
Caravaggio · 1607
The Four Philosophers
Peter Paul Rubens · 1611
Penitent Magdalene
Titian · 1533
Madonna dell'Impannata
Raphael · 1513
Sources
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