Month: February 2013

Celio (Roma)

Latin: Collis Caelius. See also: • Hills | Roma (Italia) | Roman Hills | Seven Hills of Rome

Le Garçon au chat (1868)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Garçon au chat (Young Boy with a Cat) 1868 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 66 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The Boy with the Cat has not given up all its secrets. This male nude has no equivalent in…

Presentazione al Tempio (c.1454)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Presentazione al Tempio (Presentation in the Temple) c.1454 Tempera on wood, 77.1 x 94.4 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The Presentation of Christ in the Temple is narrated in the Gospel of Saint Luke (2:21–39). Soon after his birth, Jesus was…

1466

Rulers: • Enrique IV, King of Castile and León (1454-1474) • Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Signore di Rimini (1432-1468) Births: • Doria, Andrea (1466-1560) • Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536) Deaths: • Donatello (1386-1466) • Girón, Pedro (1423-1466) Art: • Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479): Madonna Salting (1460-69) • Bellini, Giovanni…

Orazione nell’orto (c.1455-1456)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1455–1456 Egg tempera on wood, 62.9 × 80 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown in prayer. Aware that his disciple Judas had betrayed him, he left Jerusalem and took refuge in…

Pincio (Roma)

Latin: Mons Pincius. The Pincian Hill in Art: Corot, Camille (1796-1875) La Trinité-des-Monts 1825–1828 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Corot, Camille (1796-1875) Monte Pincio, Rome 1840–1850 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     Corot, Camille (1796-1875) La Trinité-des-Monts à Rome 1826–1828 Musée d’art et d’histoire, Genève…

Trinità dei Monti (Roma)

Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei Monti Founded: 1502 Completed: 1519 Address: Piazza della Trinità dei Monti, 3, 00187 Roma RM, Italia Website: https://trinitadeimonti.net/it/ Trinità dei Monti in Art: Corot, Camille (1796-1875) La Trinité-des-Monts 1825–1828 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Corot,…

1460

Rulers: • Cosimo de’ Medici, Signore di Firenze (1434-1464) • Enrique IV, King of Castile and León (1454-1474) • Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Signore di Rimini (1432-1468) Births: • Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Art: • Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) & Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469): Adorazione dei Magi (c.1440-60)…

Morte della Vergine (c.1462)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Morte della Vergine (Death of the Virgin) c.1462 Oil on wood, 54.5 x 42 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin Mary lies on her deathbed, surrounded by eleven Apostles. Through the window, the Borgo di San Giorgio and…