Category Archives: Renaissance paintings

News from the court of Urbino and Giovanni Santi

Posted on 19 Jun, 2015 by An Englishwoman in Italy

The latest from the court of Urbino is that the 14 uomini illustri are back! It’s their first visit to their true home since 1633. 14 portraits of illustrious men, from Duke Federico’s studiolo, have been returned temporarily from the Louvre to … Continue reading →

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Reconsidering Raphael’s Father By Roderick Conway Morris.

Posted on 7 May, 2015 by An Englishwoman in Italy

Reconsidering Raphael’s Father. First published: International Herald Tribune © Roderick Conway Morris 1975-2013 An interesting article about Giovanni Santi. I went to the exhibition too!

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Culturespaces | Le Pérugin, Maître de Raphaël, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris

Posted on 12 Nov, 2014 by An Englishwoman in Italy

Culturespaces | Le Pérugin, Maître de Raphaël, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris. /Perugino, maestro di Raffaello/Perugino, Raphael’s master. Hmm …Comme mes lecteurs savent déjà, à mon avis Le Pérugin n’était pas le maître de Raphaël. Ce dernier a appris son métier chez son père, … Continue reading →

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The “Annunciation” painted by Giovanni Santi, Raphael’s father

Posted on 25 Sep, 2014 by An Englishwoman in Italy

I am quite a fan of “dear old Mr Santi”, as the art historian Kenneth Clark described him, so I was keen to go and see this picture on display in Senigallia as part of the exhibition “La Grazie e la … Continue reading →

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Federigo da Montefeltro, patron of the (Not Terribly Good) artist, Justus of Ghent (Joos van Wassenhove)

Posted on 3 Dec, 2012 by An Englishwoman in Italy

Well, come on, let’s face it, he’s not terribly good, is he? What did Federigo see in him? This is the ruler, the courtyard of whose palace creates a deep feeling of inner peace amid the summer heat and crowds, … Continue reading →

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More about Giovanni Santi, the artist Raphael’s father

Posted on 27 Nov, 2012 by An Englishwoman in Italy

I can’t resist sharing this quote from Civilisation, by Kenneth Clark, art historian, (rich, leftish, money from Clark’s cotton reels), father of the [more?] famous Alan Clark, politician and diarist, (rich, right-wing, money from Clark’s cotton reels), about Giovanni Santi, … Continue reading →

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Raphael was not Perugino’s pupil, but Giovanni Santi’s

Posted on 15 Nov, 2012 by An Englishwoman in Italy

Giovanni Santi, Raphael‘s father,  was not a bad artist himself – see June Osborne’s book, Urbino, the story of a Renaissance City, by June Osborne: Frances Lincoln, 2003. (University of Chicago Press in the USA) which I referred to in my previous post. Although Giorgio Vasari in … Continue reading →

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Urbino – not the Ducal Palace

Posted on 8 Nov, 2012 by An Englishwoman in Italy

If one day you just can’t face yet another pre-Renaissance holy picture, give the Ducal Palace (Galleria Nazionale delle Marche) a miss (I’m assuming you’ve seen the Pieros and the Raphael and the Studiolo and the Justus of Ghent/Pedro Berruguete portrait … Continue reading →

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The sad side of Urbino

Posted on 13 Oct, 2012 by An Englishwoman in Italy

Autumn, however mild and bright, can be a melancholy season here in Le Marche, especially in an ex-casa colonica (farmhouse) like ours, with small windows and thick walls. How much more so in Urbino, high up, inland and chilly as … Continue reading →

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