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Mantegna (Dead Christ)

drszucker — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:50:43 +0000

Here is a brief podcast about Andrea Mantegna’s incredible tempera painting, The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, c.1490. The voices you will hear are Beth Harris, Steven Zucker, and our special guest, Issac Peterson. The painting has its home in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.

Duccio

Beth — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:05:59 +0000

Watch this video about this lovely little Duccio recently purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Madonna and Child, ca. 1300
Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italian, Sienese, active by 1278, died 1318)
Tempera and gold on wood, with original, engaged frame; 11 x 8 1/8 in. (28 x 20.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York