Month: February 2013

Delft (Netherlands)

Delft in Art: Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Oude Delft Canal c.1660 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit     Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Little Street c.1658 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam     Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) View of Delft c.1660–1661 Mauritshuis, The Hague     Births:…

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Kunsthaus Zürich

Opened: 1910 Address: Heimplatz 1/5, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland Website: https://www.kunsthaus.ch/ Collection: • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): L’évasion de Rochefort (1880-81) • Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910): Portrait de Monsieur X, Pierre Loti (1906) See also: • Museums | Zürich (Switzerland)

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Royal Society of Arts (London)

Founded: 1754 Address: 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ Website: https://www.thersa.org/ Fellows: • Dench, Judi (1934) • Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) • Savoy, Teresa Ann (1955-2017) • Ustinov, Peter (1921-2004) See also: • London (England) | Museums | Organizations | Westminster (London)

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Le Rêve (1910)

Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) Le Rêve (The Dream) 1910 Oil on canvas, 204.5 x 298.5 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York “The woman asleep on the couch is dreaming she has been transported into the forest, listening to the sounds from the…

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Hills

• Aventino (Roma) • Campidoglio (Roma) • Capitoline Hill (Rome) • Celio (Roma) • Cispian Hill (Rome) • Colle Cispio (Roma) • Colle Oppio (Roma) • Colle Vaticano (Roma) • Esquilino (Roma) • Gianicolo (Roma) • Jalais Hill (Pontoise) • Janiculum (Rome) • Monte dei cocci (Roma) • Monte Mario (Roma) • Monte Testaccio (Roma)…

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