Month: August 2014

Ritratto d’uomo (1475-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1475–1476 Oil on poplar, 35.6 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London This small painting shows how Antonello revolutionised Venetian portraiture in the late fifteenth century: the three-quarter pose, dark background and…

Ritratto d’uomo (c.1472-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1472–1476 Oil on panel, 27.5 x 21 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Antonello da Messina, who according to Vasari learned the technique of oil painting directly from Van Eyck during a trip…

Ritratto d’uomo (c.1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) c.1476 Oil and tempera on panel, 31 x 25.2 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma As is usual with Antonello’s portraiture, the figure is depicted in a three-quarter-length view of a half-bust against…

Ritratto di giovane (c.1475-1480)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1475–1480 Tempera and oil on panel, 33 x 24.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Attributed to Antonello da Messina. Shown from the chest up, a clean shaven, young…

Ritratto di giovane (c.1470)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ritratto di giovane (Portrait of a Young Man) c.1470 Oil on wood, 27 x 20.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Trained in Naples in the Netherlandish technique of oil painting, Antonello set the standard for…

Cristo morto sostenuto dagli angeli (c.1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Cristo morto sostenuto dagli angeli (Dead Christ Supported by Three Angels) c.1476 Oil on panel, 145 x 85 cm Museo Correr, Venezia Nothing is known about this masterpiece before it became part of the Teodoro Correr collection;…

Pala di San Cassiano (1475-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Pala di San Cassiano (San Cassiano Altarpiece) 1475–1476 Oil on poplar panel Center table: Madonna and Child, 115 × 63 cm Left panel: Saint Nicholas of Bari and Saint Magdalene (?), 55.5 × 35 cm Right…

Madonna Benson (c.1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna Benson (Madonna and Child) c.1475 Oil and tempera on panel, 58.1 x 43.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the waist up, a young woman embraces a baby in this vertical painting. They both have…

Herbert Marshall

(1890–1966) Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall Filmography as Actor: Midnight Lace 1960 Director: David Miller Starring: Doris Day, Rex Harrison   Born May 23 1890 London (England) Died January 22 1966 Beverly Hills, CA (USA) Cause of death Heart failure Lover Gloria…