Rulers: • Juan II, King of Castile and León (1406-1454) Births: • Bellini, Gentile (c.1429-1507) • Chacón, Gonzalo (1429-1507) • Este, Francesco (c.1429-c.1486) Art: • Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444): The Betrothal of the Virgin (1420-30) • Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455): Porta del…
Month: June 2012
Gentile Bellini
(c.1429–1507) The artist’s works: L’Annunciazione c.1475 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Caterina Cornaro, regina di Cipro c.1500 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Predica di San Marco in una piazza di Alessandria 1504–1507 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Un orientale in piedi s.d. Musée du Louvre, Paris…
1400
Births: • Arnolfini, Giovanni di Nicolao (c.1400-after 1452) • Bellini, Jacopo (c.1400-c.1470) Births: • Robbia, Luca della (1400-1482) Deaths: • Chaucer, Geoffrey (c.1343-1400) Art: • Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427): Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi (c.1400-10)
1470
Rulers: • Enrique IV, King of Castile and León (1454-1474) • Fernando II, King of Sicily (1468-1516) • Lorenzo I de’ Medici, Signore di Firenze (1469-1492) Births: • Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547) • Dovizi da Bibbiena, Bernardo (1470-1520) • Fancelli, Chiara (c.1470-1541) • Inghirami, Tommaso (1470-1516) Deaths: •…
Jacopo Bellini
(c.1400-c.1470) The artist’s works: Madonna col Bambino probably 1440s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madonna con il Bambino 1448 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Madonna col Bambino benedicente c.1455 Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Sant’Antonio Abate e San Bernardino da Siena 1459…
1516
Rulers: • Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556) • Fernando II, King of Aragón, Majorca, Sardinia and Valencia (1479-1516) • Fernando II, King of Naples (1504-1516) • Fernando II, King of Sicily (1468-1516) • Fernando II, King of Navarra (1512-1516) • Fernando II,…
1430
Rulers: • Juan II, King of Castile and León (1406-1454) Births: • Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) • Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) • Cabrera, Andrés de (1430-1511) • Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Art: • Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455): Madonna dell’Umiltà (c.1430) • Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444):…
Giovanni Bellini
(c.1430–1516) “Giambellino” The artist’s works: Madonna adorante il Bambino che dorme early 1460s Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Madonna Greca c.1460–1465 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Pietà c.1460 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Cristo morto sostenuto da due angeli c.1465–1470 National…
1917
Rulers: • Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1913-1921) Births: • Allyson, June (1917-2006) • Borgnine, Ernest (1917-2012) • Bourvil (1917-1970) • Brown, Pamela (1917-1975) • Burgess, Anthony (1917-1933) • Burr, Raymond (1917-1993) • Darrieux, Danielle (1917-2017) • Donald, James (1917-1993) • Ferrer, Mel (1917-2008) • Fontaine, Joan…
1834
Rulers: • Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (1829-1837) • Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway (1818-1844) Events: • October 16: Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons in London, England. Births: • Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) • Morris, William (1834-1896)…