22 November 2019






Silenus and the Young Bacchus
4th century BCE
Bronze

18 November 2019

Figure of a Sea Nymph astride a Sea Horse

Greek Marble
3rd Century BCE



Laocoon and his Sons

Copy
Original was unearthed / excavated in Rome in 1506
& placed on public display in the Vatican





15 November 2019

A few more elaborate ceilings along 
the way to the sculpture section of the gallery



11 November 2019

'Portia was the wife of Brutus, one of the conspirators involved in the murder of Julius Caesar. After her husbands suicide
she too killed herself by swallowing burning coals (on the ground on the right of the portrait), 
thus becoming a symbol of wifely loyalty'

GOOD GRIEF!





8 November 2019


'The Adoration of the Magi'
By 
Leonardo Da Vinci
Uncompleted pen and ink drawing
Has been at the Uffizi Gallery since 1670
'The Annunciation'
by
Leonardo da Vinci
One of the first oil paintings of the 20 year old master
'The Baptism of Christ'
by
Leonardo da Vinci
1472


4 November 2019


Portrait of Youth with a Medal
Botticelli
1475

Unfortunately I was unable to get the names of the following
portraits.
Although this one appears to be Jesus and the Angel Gabriel perhaps?



Madonna and Child

1 November 2019


Madonna of the Rose Garden
by
Sandro Botticelli
1469
One of his earliest paintings

'Primavera'
by
S. Botticelli
1482
"an elaborate mythological allegory of the burgeoning fertility of the world"
This is a very complex painting. One that I encourage you to look up
and read about

'The Birth Of Venus'
by
S. Botticelli
1486

'It depicts the Goddess Venus arriving at the shore
after her birth, when she has emerged from the sea fully grown'


'Madonna of the Pomegranate'
by
S. Botticelli
1487