Saturday, April 2, 2011

Capodimonte 1

Capodimonte is another palace of the Bourbon Kings of Naples, much great art and architecture, on the outskirts of Naples. Another pleasant ride on the Circumvesuviana, a less pleasant bus-ride (poor signage), but we made it and had another day of Art History 101 in person.
A huge building















From the Capodimonte Gardens, looking across a bit of Naples to Vesuvius
















Masaccio's Crucifixion, 1426




















Giovanni Bellini's Circumcision, 1500; the Capodimonte had several circumcisions, 
notably, but I'll spare you the others
















Lorenzo Lotto's, Madonna and Bambino and St. Peter, Martyr; note the clever 
foreshadowing of St. Peter's martyrdom

















A very, very early El Greco, Soflon



















Coreggio's St. Anthony, early 16th




















Lanfranco's Assumption, 1605




















Guido Reni's Le quattro stagione















Moving right along, a Claude Lorrain, 1669















And stepping back, Simone Martini, St.
Ludovic of Toulouse, 1317

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