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About this audiobook
During the Renaissance, Italian painters would traditionally depict the wives of their patrons as Madonnas, often rendering them more beautiful than they actually were. Over centuries in religious paintings, the Madonna has been presented as the clement and protective mother of God. However, with the passing of time, Mary gradually lost some of her spiritual characteristics and became more mortal and accessible to human sentiments. Virgin Portraits illuminates this evolution and contains impressive works by Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Rubens, Fouquet, Dalí, and Kahlo.
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GenreOther, Spirituality and Religion
Length1 hr 16 mins
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Table of contents
1Introduction
62The Madonna and Child, Artemisia Gentileschi, c.1609
2Mary with the Child Jesus between Constantine and Justinian, Anonymous, Xth century
63The Madonna of the Basket, Peter Paul Rubens, c.1615
3The Virgin of Vladimir, Anonymous, XIIth century
64The Adoration of the Child, Correggio, 1524-1526
4Rucellai Madonna, Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1285
65The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, 1618
5Madonna of Mercy, Simone Martini, 1308-1310
66The Adoration of the Magi, Diego Velásquez, 1619
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6The Annunciation, with Saints Ansanus and Margaret and Four Prophets, Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, 1333
67The Assumption of the Virgin, Peter Paul Rubens, c.1620
7The Virgin and Child, Lorenzo Veneziano, 1356-1372
68The Three Magdalenes, Andrea Sacchi, 1628-1639
8Madonna and Child, Luca Signorelli, c.1390
69The Annunciation, Simon Vouet, 1632
9Madonna of the Misericordia, Jacobello Alberegno, c.1394
70The Immaculate Conception, Francisco de Zurbarán, 1632
10The Virgin and Child and Saint Anne Metterza, Masolino da Panicale and Masaccio, 1424
71The Holy Family with Angels, Rembrandt, c.1645
11Saint Luke Painting the Virgin, Rogier van der Weyden, c.1450
72La Immaculada de Aranjuéz, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, 1650-1660
12Madonna della Cintola, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1450-1452
73The Madonna and Child, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, c.1650
13Madonna and Child with Stories of the Life of Saint Anne (Bartolini Tondo), Filippo Lippi, 1452
74The Adoration of the Magi, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, 1655-1660
14“The Death of the Virgin” Book of Hours of Etienne Chevalier, Jean Fouquet, 1452-1460
75Saint Anne and the Infant Mary, Luca Giordano, 1657
15The Annunciation, Leonardo da Vinci, c.1470
76The Annunciation, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, 1660-1665
16The Assumption of the Virgin, Matteo di Giovanni, c.1474
77La Immaculada, Juan Valdes Leal, 1661
17The Madonna of the Apocalypse, Jean Hey, 1480-1500
78The Flight into Egypt, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, 1670-1675
18The Virgin and the Child, Sandro Botticelli, 1480
79The Madonna Appearing to Saint Philip Neri, Carlo Maratta, 1672
19The Madonna Benois, Leonardo da Vinci, c.1480
80The Immaculate Conception, Carlo Maratta, 1686
20The Annunciation, Lorenzo di Credi, 1480-1485
81The Marriage of the Virgin, Luca Giordano, c.1688
21The Madonna of the Magnificat, Sandro Botticelli, 1481-1485
82The Education of the Virgin, Jean Jouvenet, c.1700
22The Adoration of the Child, Francesco Botticini, 1482
83Mater Dolorosa, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, XVIIth century
23The Virgin of the Rocks, Leonardo da Vinci, 1483
84The Immaculate Conception, Antonio de Pereda, mid-XVIIth century
24The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, 1484-1486
85The Holy Family in a Landscape, Nicolas Poussin, mid-XVIIth century
25The Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist, Victor, Bernard, and Zenobius, Filippino Lippi, 1486
86The Adoration of the Shepherds, Adriaen van der Werff, 1703
26The Madonna of the Pomegranate, Sandro Botticelli, 1487
87The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Antoine Watteau, 1719-1721
27The Annunciation, Sandro Botticelli, 1489
88The Virgin of the Sign, Anonymous, 1732
28The Madonna of the Caves, Andrea Mantegna, 1489-1490
89Madonna and Child, Pompeo Batoni, c.1742
29The Madonna and Child with Two Angels, Hans Memling, 1490-1491
90The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, François Boucher, 1757
30The Visitation, Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1491
91The Madonna with the Infant Jesus and the little Saint John, François Boucher, 1758
31The Virgin and Child Accompanied by Two Angels, Saint Rose and Saint Catherine, Perugino, c.1492
92Saint Roch Praying to the Virgin to Cure the Plague-Carriers, Jacques-Louis David, 1780
32Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple, Nicolas Dipre, c.1500
93The Immaculate, Gian Battista Piazzetta, first half of the XVIIIth century
33The Visitation, Mariotto Albertinelli, 1503
94The Virgin of the Rosary of Pomato, Anonymous, School of Cuzco, XVIIIth century
34The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist (Doni Tondo), Michelangelo, 1504-1507
95The Vow of Louis XIII, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1824
35The Immaculate Conception and Six Saints, Piero di Cosimo, c.1505
96The Childhood of Mary, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1848-1849
36The Madonna of the Goldfinch, Raphael, 1505-1506
97Ecce Ancilla Domini, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1849-1850
37The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, known as La Belle Jardinière, Raphael, 1507
98The Annunciation, Pierre-Auguste Pichon, 1859
38The Madonna of the Baldacchino, Raphael, 1507
99The Crowned Virgin, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1859
39The Holy Family with Saint Catherine, Saint Sebastian, and a donor, Sebastiano del Piombo, c.1507-1508
100Nursing, Berthe Morisot, 1879
40The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, Leonardo da Vinci, c.1510
101Pietà, Mikhail Vrubel, 1887
41The Madonna of the Chair, Raphael, 1513
102Baby Reaching for an Apple, Mary Cassatt, 1893
42The Incarnation of Christ, Fra Bartolomeo, 1515
103S.O.S., Evelyn de Morgan, late XIXth or early XXth century
43The Panciatichi Assumption, Andrea del Sarto, 1518
104Mother and Boy, Mary Cassatt, 1901
44Madonna in Glory with Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, Dosso Dossi, 1520-1530
105The Annunciation, Paula Modersohn-Becker, c.1905
45Pietà, Andrea del Sarto, 1523
106Reclining Mother and Child, Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1906
46The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Saint Sebastian, Correggio, c.1526-1527
107Kneeling Mother and Child, Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1907
47The Visitation, Jacopo Pontormo, 1528-1529
108The Immaculate Conception, C. Bosseron Chambers, 1910
48The Virgin under the Apple Tree, Lucas Cranach the Elder, c.1530
109Mother of the World, Nicholas Roerich, 1930s
49Pietà, Rosso Fiorentino, 1530-1535
110Madonna Oriflamma, Nicholas Roerich, 1932
50The Madonna with the Long Neck, Parmigianino, 1534
111My Nurse and I, Frida Kahlo, 1937
51The Holy Family, Agnolo Bronzino, c.1540
112The Madonna of Port Lligat, Salvador Dalí, 1949
52The Immaculate Conception, Giorgio Vasari, 1541
113The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Me, Diego, and Señor Xolotl, Frida Kahlo, 1949
53The Annunciation, Giorgio Vasari, 1564-1567
114The Suffering of the Church in China in 1951, Teresa Ly, 1951
54The Holy Family with Saint Barbara and the Young Saint John the Baptist, Paolo Veronese, 1564
115The Virgin of Guadalupe, Salvador Dalí, 1959
55The Virgin Appearing to Saint Luke and Saint Catherine, Annibale Carracci, 1592
116Madonnna with a Mystical Rose, Salvador Dalí, 1963
56The Consecration to the Virgin, Lavinia Fontana, 1599
117Carmen and Juby, Alice Neel, 1972
57Pentecost, El Greco, c.1600
118Pietà (after Michelangelo), Salvador Dalí, 1982
58Annunciation of the Birth of Mary, Bernardino Luini, early XVIth century
119Mary, Mother of the Church in China, Teresa Ly, XXth century
59The Virgin in Sadness, Quentin Matsys
120Trinity, Toscano Giuseppe e Altri, XXth century
60The Annunciation, Alessandro Allori, 1603
121Mary, Succour to the Christian’s Body and Soul, Ch’hang ju c’j, XXth century
61Madonna di Loreto (Madonna dei pellegrini), Caravaggio, 1603-1606
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