Bartolomeo Vivarini (alternatively: Vivarini, Bartolommeo; Bartolommeo Vivarini; Bartolomeo Vivarini)
Found in 99 Collections and/or Records:
Adoring Angels, This image shows two adoring angels originally from a two order polyptych from the Parish Church of Scanzo. Also part of the triptych were Madonna Enthroned (our SC.MSS.088.VENI.0316), and St. Peter (our SC.MSS.088.VENI.0317, and St. Michael (our SC.MSS.088.VENI.0318), and the Trinity (our SC.MSS.088.VENI.0320)., 1488
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0319; Public Notes:
Christ on the Cross / Entombment of Christ, This image shows Christ in front of the cross, palms out, showing his wounds in his hands and his side. To each side is an angel in adoration, shown in bust, floating on a cloud, hands clasped, in adoration.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0346; Public Notes:
Coronation of the Virgin, This scene depicts Christ crowning the Virgin Mary, who sits to his right, and holds her hands crossed over her chest. Behind them, angels hold a veil, and cherubim look on from the clouds. The two figures are seated with a pedestal beneath them., 1460-1470
Holy Family, This image depicts the Virgin Mary gazing penitently and lovingly at the Christ Child, who sits on a pillow to her side. Behind them stands Joseph, who looks at the Christ Child also. Mary holds her hands together over the Child., 1490
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0344; Public Notes:
Il Trittico dei Frari (The Triptych of the Frari [church]) (St. Mark with Four Saints), In this triptych is depicted St. Mark the Evangelist in the center, enthroned with angels, and in the left panel is shown St. John the Baptist and St. Jerome. St. John the Baptist holds a cross and a banner "Ecce Agnus [Dei]" and St. Jerome holds a church model. In the right panel, St. Panel holds an open book and reads, and St. Nicholas of Bari holds a closed book under his arm and a crosier., 1474
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0268; Public Notes: This triptych is still in its original location in the Church of the Frari in Venice, also home to Titian's "Assumption of the Virgin", and to Bartolomeo Vivarini's "Virgin with Four Saints".
Il Trittico dei Frari (The Triptych of the Frari [church]) (St. Mark with Four Saints), Shown in this photo is the central panel of a triptych, St. Mark with Four Saints. The image shows St. Mark enthroned, giving the sign of blessing and holding a book, presumably the Gospel(s). He is surrounded by angels, two are playing musical instruments. Also, three angels/cherubs surround the lunette of the throne above his head and hold garlands of fruit., 1474
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0269; Public Notes: This triptych is still in its original location in the Church of the Frari in Venice, also home to Titian's "Assumption of the Virgin", and to Bartolomeo Vivarini's "Virgin with Four Saints".
Madonna and Child Before a Red Curtain, This image depicts Mary holding the Christ Child, who is seated on a pillow on a ledge. Behind them, a curtain/veil is hung. This work shows the duality of style between late gothic and a "greater plasticity" of form., 1472
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0265; Public Notes: This work was in a private collection (Durand-Ruel) in Paris until 1897, then in the collection of Theodore Davis, who then bequeathed the piece to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC in 1915. Now property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art sold for the acquisitions fund on January 31, 2013.
Madonna and Child Enthroned: Detail of Dead Christ, This image is a detail from a larger altarpiece, which includes Saints Andrew and Nicholas, Paul and Peter to the left and right respectively, and Mary and Jesus enthroned in the center panel. Shown here is the upper lunette with Christ's entombment., 1482
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0301; Public Notes: Part of a larger altarpiece, the image shown is a detail of the upper lunette.
Madonna and Child Enthroned, Here is shown the Virgin and Child enthroned, with the Christ Child standing in Mary's lap., 1465-1470
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0296; Public Notes:
Madonna and Child Enthroned, This image is a detail from a larger altarpiece, which includes Saints Andrew, Nicholas, Paul, and Peter to the left and right, and Christ's entombment in a lunette above. The image shown is the central panels with Mary holding the Christ Child, who is in a quite dynamic pose., 1482
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0299; Public Notes: Part of a larger altarpiece, this is the central image.
Madonna and Child Enthroned, This image is a detail from a larger altarpiece, which includes Saints Andrew, Nicholas, Paul, and Peter to the left and right, and Christ's entombment in a lunette above. The image shown is the central panels with Mary holding the Christ Child, who is in a quite dynamic pose., 1482
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0300; Public Notes: Part of a larger altarpiece, the image shown is a detail of the central image.
Madonna and Child Enthroned, with Saint John the Baptist, Saint Paul, Saint Peter, Saint Michael the Archangel; The Trinity with Saint Dominic, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Anthony Abbot, Saint Nicholas of Bari, Saint Jerome, Saint Lucy, This image shows a polyptych with two orders. In the bottom center is the Madonna and Child, with saints to either side. In the upper center is the Trinity with St. Dominic and St. Francis in adoration, with saints to either side. The image shown appears to be pre-restoration., 1455-1470
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0330; Public Notes: Originally in the Church of S. Caterina di Galatina. Berenson notes that this is the work of Antonio Vivarini in collaboration with Bartolomeo. Van Marle and Fleishmann cite it as the work of the Vivarini bottega, or workshop. Pallucchini writes that it is the late work of Antonio and the workshop, with a little bit done by Bartolomeo on the panel of the Trinity with St. Dominic and St. Francis.
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, The three panels shown depict Mary and Child enthroned, flanked by Saints Andrew and Nicholas on the left and Saints Paul and Peter on the right., 1482
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0298; Public Notes: This image also shows the main components of an altarpiece, which also includes a lunette above these three panels. The lunette shows Christ's entombment.
Madonna and Child, Here the Virgin is depicted in 3/4 view, standing and holding the Christ Child in her arms. The work shows Paduan influence., 1475
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0263; Original stamp identifier: K-200; Other stamp identifier: Kress Collection; Public Notes: Handwritten note on back of photo references Berenson and van Marle, probably referring to B. Berenson, "Pitture italiane del rinascimento", Milan, 1936; and R. van Marle, "The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, The Renaissance Painters of Venice", Vol. XVIII, The Hague, 1936.
Madonna and Child (Madonna of the Cherries), This work depicts the Madonna with the Christ Child, who holds cherries and stands on a parapet, supported by Mary who stands behind Him. Two adorned columns frame the scene with a lintel above adorned with fruit., 1450-1480
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0351; Public Notes: A reference written on the back of the photo notes Berenson attributing the work to Vivarini's school. // Formerly in the collection of Lord Lee of Fareham.
Madonna and Child, Shown in the image is Mary holding the Christ Child, with a veil hanging behind them. Behind the veil is a rocky landscape with atmospheric perspective., 1475
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0264; Original stamp identifier: K-247; Other stamp identifier: Kress Collection; Public Notes:
Madonna and Child, This image depicts the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child in her arms. The Child holds her breast as if about to suckle., 1450-1480
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0350; Public Notes: There are notations on the back referencing Van Marle and an attribution to the bottega (workshop); also referencing Berenson attributing the work to Bartolomeo Vivarini.
Madonna and Child, This image depicts the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, who sits on a pillow on a parapet. The Christ Child wears a tunic and holds a small fruit. Behind them is an open window showing a landscape with distant mountains and fields in the foreground.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0345; Public Notes: There is a notation on the back of the photograph referencing a gallery in Treviso housing this work, but no current information can be found in this regard.
Madonna and Child, This image shows the Madonna and Child enthroned, with a veil hung on the throne behind them. They are surrounded by putti playing instruments, and garlands of fruit., 1460
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0328; Public Notes: This work is described in Berenson's "Venetian Painting in America, the fifteenth century." It was in the collection of Mr. Dan Fellows Platt, Englewood, NJ, before being given to Princeton University.
Madonna and Child, This image shows the Madonna and Child set against a lush landscape. Mary gazes at the Christ Child, who sleeps peacefully on her lap. She holds her hands together in penitence., 1470-1480
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0323; Public Notes: This work was previously in private German collections, and was donated to the museum in 1931 by Mrs. Charles Cooke of Honolulu (Savage, 2013).
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