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Giorgio Vasari

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Painting of a kneeling bearded old man resisting a woman with cherubs, with a lion, a lake and mountains behind.

The Temptation of Saint Jerome

1541-48

Painting of Judith raising a sword over Holofernes on a bed, with an attendant watching beside a green curtain.

Judith and Holofernes

1554

Painting of two apostles laying hands on kneeling people beneath a white dove, with a crowd watching behind them.

Vasari - Apostles Peter and John Blessing the People of Samaria

1550

Painting of the Annunciation: Mary seated with a book, kneeling angel offering a lily, dove descending above a green curtain.

Annunciation

1563

Portrait of Alessandro de' Medici

1534

Mannerist painting of Vulcan seated with a shield in a vaulted forge, surrounded by nude smiths, putti and a helmeted Minerva

Vulcan's Forge

1540

Painting of the Holy Family: Mary holds a sleeping nude infant while an older man and woman look on from the sides.

Vasari - Sainte Famille, vers 1545

1545

Saint Mark seated with a halo, holding an open book with a quill and inkwell, with a winged lion at lower right.

Saint Mark

1570-1571

Saint Luke in colorful robes and a halo writes in a book beside a resting white ox on a dark background.

Saint Luke

1570-1571

Painting of a reclining bearded old man, a woman with a shield and crescent banner, and a flying cherub over hills.

Allegory of Fiesole

Painting of the Last Supper with Christ and twelve apostles gathered around a round table with bread and silver vessels.

Vasari - The Last Supper

1550

Painting of six men with laurel wreaths and red caps gathered around a table with a globe, books, and instruments.

Six Tuscan Poets

1544

Painting of a bearded prophet climbing stone steps while a crowd of robed men gathers in the foreground.

The Prophet Elisha

1566

Painting of an armored commander on a white horse leading soldiers past cannons, tents, a fortified town and ships at sea.

Capture of Porto Ercole

1568

Piero de' Medici called the Gouty

1556

Large battle scene with armored horsemen, pikemen, fallen soldiers and banners across a valley with hilltop towns.

The battle of Marciano in Val di Chiana

1570

Saint Luke with a halo writes in a book beside a resting ox, wearing green, red and yellow robes.

Saint Luke

1570

Painting of a seated ruler receiving ambassadors and soldiers, with horses, a giraffe, dogs, and a red banner in a stair-line

Lorenzo the Magnificent receives the tribute of the ambassadors

1556

Night scene of a kneeling figure in red praying as an angel offers a chalice, while three sleeping companions lie below.

ゲッセマネの祈り

1570

Full-length painting of a bearded man in gilded armour and red cape, with shields and a lion at his feet.

Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici

1555

Painting of a haloed bearded saint reading an open book beside a winged lion, wearing a red cloak against a dark background.

Saint Mark

1570

Fresco ceiling detail with a seated man reading a book beside an elder, framed by gilded stucco, with a city view below.

Allegory of Arezzo; to the bottom, view of Florence

1557

Fresco spandrel of a kneeling armored warrior beside a fallen figure, with a distant town and gilded stucco frame.

Allegory of Borgo San Sepolcro; to the bottom, view of Scarperia

1557

Ceiling lunette with a kneeling woman receiving a crown from an armored man, a hilltop town behind, gilded frame.

Allegory of Cortona; to the bottom, view of Montecarlo

1557

Painted ceiling panel of an armored warrior and allegorical women with a cornucopia, above a view of a walled city.

Allegory of Pisa; to the bottom, view of Siena

1557

Vasari painting in two tiers: a pope crowning a kneeling ruler in a church, and soldiers with trumpets beside a bull sacrific

Clement VII crowns Charles V in San Petronio in Bologna

1556

Ceiling fresco spandrel with an armored man, seated woman, reclining river god, and a harbor view of a fortified coastal town

Allegory of Pistoia; to the bottom, view of Piombino

1557

Ceiling fresco spandrel of an armored man handing a document to a youth, with a harbor town with lighthouses below.

Allegory of Prato; to the bottom, view of Livorno

1557

Oval portrait of two boys, one in a dark doublet and one in pink, against a green background, in a gilded frame.

Don Giovanni and Don Garzia de' Medici

1556

Ceiling fresco of an allegorical scene with a man offering a model building to a seated woman, above a view of a walled town.

Allegory of Volterra; to the bottom, view of Lucignano

1556

Painted frieze of Venus rising on a scallop shell, surrounded by sea nymphs, tritons, cupids and Neptune in blue water.

The birth of Venus

1555

Fresco of Saturn receiving fruit offerings from robed figures under a tree, with sea figures and a distant city.

The first fruits from earth offered to Saturn

1555

Painting of a crowded battle with armored riders, fallen horses, banners, a stone tower and ships on the sea.

The rout of the Pisans at Torre San Vincenzo

1568

Large painting of armored soldiers on horseback, oxen carts, tents and a walled coastal city with burning ships.

The emperor Massimiliano lifts the siege from Livorno

1568

Large battle painting of armored soldiers and horsemen attacking a walled city with cannons and banners.

The storming of the fortress of Stampace in Pisa

1499

Fresco of Vulcan's forge with muscular smiths, hammering men, and cupids working among ruined arches above a fireplace.

Volcano's forge

1555

Allegorical painting of a helmeted seated woman with a dove and wreath, surrounded by nude figures, coins and a globe.

Allegory of justice and truth

1543

Painting of soldiers and armored horsemen storming a fortress gate, with a burning city on the hills behind.

The storming of the fortress near Porta Camollia in Siena

1570

Woman in pink drapery stands beside a water clock dripping onto an inscribed stone, under a dark stormy sky.

Allegory of Patience (Vasari)

1552

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with Saint Joseph and Saint Francis beside a cross, with a temple in a landscape.

Holy Family with Saint Francis

1542

Engraving of six men of letters gathered around a globe, books and an oil lamp, with names and Latin verses below.

Six Italian men of letters. Engraving after G. Vasari, 1543

Brown ink and white heightened drawing of the risen Christ with a banner and cross, surrounded by angels and kneeling saints.

The Risen Christ Adored by Saints and Angels

1566-68

Pen and brown ink drawing of a coffered ceiling design with figural panels, putti, medallions and ornamental scrollwork.

Study for a Ceiling Decoration, with Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well (recto); Study for a Ceiling Decoration (verso)

1569/73

Two lunette drawings: a bearded man pours wine beside a table of vessels, and a youth runs past onlookers near a column.

"Bearded Man Filling a Glass" and "Youth Running"

about 1544-1545

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man pouring wine into a glass held by a young attendant beside a table of vessels.

Bearded Man Filling a Glass

about 1544-1545

Brown wash drawing with white highlights of a running youth among a crowd of figures beside a classical column.

Youth Running

about 1544-1545

Red chalk drawing of a seated muscular male nude with studies of drapery and hands on tan paper.

Studies of a Male Nude, a Drapery, and a Hand

about 1555-1565

Pen and brown ink study of a winged trumpeter above a curved tier of figures waving banners in an oval composition.

Study for Allegory of Two Quartieri of Florence

1563/65

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing bearded male figure in draped robes with a scroll ornament on his head.

Standing Atlante (a Dacian captive)

1800

Drawing of a winged figure with a halo seated on a globe inscribed ETERNITAS, holding a candle, on blue-grey paper.

Allegory of Eternity

1544/45

Brown ink and wash drawing of a fallen rider and horse beneath a figure in clouds, with startled onlookers around.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

1554

Brown and white ink drawing in a circle showing a standing robed man surrounded by seated and nude male figures.

Grand Duke Cosimo I of Tuscany Surrounded by his Artists

ca. 1556-62

Pen and wash drawing of a fountain design with reclining river gods, nymphs and a tiered stone pedestal.

Design for a Fountain with Rivergods and Nymphs

1511-74

Brown ink drawing of a fountain with reclining river god, nymphs and rocks on a columned pedestal within an arched niche.

Design for a Fountain with River Gods and Nymphs

1511-74

Brown ink drawing of a pointing bearded man addressing seated figures before a colonnade with statues, framed by Corinthian c

Saint Paul Speaking before King Agrippa (Acts 26)

1573

Pen and ink drawing in a circle of a seated figure by a pedestal, with winged figures in clouds above and a lion below.

Allegory of Forgetfulness

ca. 1570

Circular pen and wash drawing of a woman embracing a sleeping youth, with winged putti above holding tablets, framed by a yel

Allegory of Sleep

ca. 1570

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bearded god receiving offerings from figures, with a goat, a reclining woman, and a distant c

The First Fruits of the Earth Offered to Saturn

1555-56

Brown ink and wash drawing of Judith beheading Holofernes on a bed, with a maidservant and a winged figure beside them.

Judith Decapitating Holofernes

1511-74

Brown ink and wash drawing of an eagle carrying a winged youth above men in ancient dress gazing upward.

The Abduction of Ganymede

1511-74

Pen and wash architectural design showing Gothic arches, oval medallions and putti in a ceiling decoration.

Design for the Ceiling Decoration in Vasari's House in Arezzo

1531-74

Circular pen and brown ink drawing with wash of a nude woman offering a wreath to a bearded man with a staff.

Florentia crowns Cosimo I enthroned on clouds

1511

Female Head in Profile to Left

c. 1541

Printed title page of Vasari's 1568 Life of Michelangelo, with an ornate woodcut border and a Florence cityscape.

Vita de' gran Michelagnolo Buonarroti

published 1568

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored warriors, a horse, spears and round shields in a cavalry battle scene.

Cavalry Skirmish (recto); Architectural Sketch (verso)

1558/59

Brown ink drawing of a saint and armed figures in a wooded scene, with a bearded man in the foreground.

Study for the Death of Saint Peter Martyr

c. 1571

Pen and brown ink drawing of a draped allegorical woman in a niche, flanked by caryatid figures under an ornate architectural

Female Allegorical Figure of Benignitas (Goodness), with Attributes of Abundance Standing in a Niche (recto); Archite…

1550-70