Hang Around the World: Painting #109

Italian Renaissance :

The Venetian Renaissance - Part 2/2

Madonna and Child enthroned with donors
- Carlo Crivelli (c.1430-c.1495, Italian)
- tempera and gold on wood (130 x 54 cm) c.1470
- National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)

Madonna with Child
- Carlo Crivelli (Venice, ca. 1435–1494)
- tempera on wood (148 x 67 cm) 1482
- Vatican Museums (Vatican)

Maria Magdalena (Mary Magdalene)
- Carlo Crivelli (c.1430–1495, Italian)
- tempera on panel (152 x 49 cm) c.1480
- Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)

Saint Helena
- Cima da Conegliano (c.1459-c.1517, Italian)
- oil on wood (40 x 33 cm) c.1495
- National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)

"St Helena is the mother of the Roman Emperor, Constantine the Great, who adopted Christianity in 313 A.D. According to legend, she found in the Holy Land the True Cross on which Christ was crucified..... In the background of this perfectly preserved panel there is a landscape of the region near the artist's birthplace, Conegliano."

The School of Ferrara
..... was a group of painters which flourished in the Duchy of Ferrara during the Renaissance. Ferrara was ruled by the Este family, well known for its patronage of the arts. Patronage was extended with the ascent of Ercole d'Este I in 1470, till ... 1597.

Ferrara as it appeared in 1600

Ferrara (/fəˈrɑːrə/) is a city and comune in northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. The town has broad streets and numerous palaces dating from the Renaissance, when it hosted the court of the House of Este. For its beauty and cultural importance, it has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Madonna and Child in a Garden
- Cosimo Tura (c.1430–1495, Ferrarese)
- tempera on poplar panel (53 x 37 cm) c.1455
- National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)

The Wife of Hasdrubal and Her Children
- Ercole de' Roberti (c.1451–1496, Ferrarese)
- tempera on wood (47 x 31 cm) 1480/90
- National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)

Hasdrubal the Boetharch had surrendered himself to the Roman invaders in revenge (led by Scipio). His wife witnessed their army's defeat, and proactively threw herself with two sons into a burning temple. (Hasdrubal was taken to Rome and displayed during Scipio's triumph, but later allowed to live in peace in Italy.)