(1921–2010) Jean Joseph Louis Laroche Jean Laroche in Art: Vuillard, Édouard (1868-1940) Le petit-déjeuner à Pont-l’Evêque 1930 Private collection Born July 3 1921 Nantes (France) Died August 21 2010 Nantes (France) Occupation Poet Writer
(c.620 BC-c.580 BC) Ἀλκαῖος ὁ Μυτιληναῖος Alcaeus of Mytilene Alcaeus in Art: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Sappho and Alcaeus 1881 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Poets | Writers
(1759–1805) Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Works: • Aesthetical and Philosophical Essays (English) • Briefe Schillers und Goethes an A. W. Schlegel (German) • Demetrius (English) • Der Neffe als Onkel (German) • Der Parasit, oder die Kunst (German) •…
(1810–1857) Louis Charles Alfred de Musset-Pathay Works: • Alfred de Musset et George Sand dessins (French) • Gamiani, ou Une nuit d’excès (French) • Œuvres complètes de Alfred de Musset — Tome 3 (French) • Œuvres complètes de Alfred de…
(c.582 BC-c.488 BC) Ἀνακρέων Works: • Anakreons sånger (Swedish) • Lauluja Anakreonilta (Finnish) • Odes d’Anacréon (French) Anacreon in Art: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour modeled 1878 (cast c.1893) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Born c.582 BC Teos…
(1492–1556) Works: • Angelica (Italian) • Il divino Pietro Aretino a lo Imperadore ne la morte del Duca d’Urbino (Italian) • Il primo libro delle lettere (Italian) • Il secondo libro delle lettere (Italian) • La Cortigiana (Italian) • Dubbj…
(c.1255–1285) Francesca da Polenta Francesca da Rimini in Literature: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321): Divina Commedia (Italian) Francesca da Rimini in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca 1814 Musée Condé, Chantilly Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Francesca da Rimini et Paolo…
(c.518 BC-c.438 BC) Πίνδαρος Works: • The Extant Odes of Pindar (English) Pindar in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris Born c.518 BC Cynoscephalae (Greece) Died c.438 BC Argos (Greece) Occupation Poet Writer
(1636–1711) Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux Works: • Le Lutrin, poème héroï-comique (French) Boileau in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris Born November 1 1636 Paris (France) Died March 13 1711 Paris (France) Occupation Academician Literary critic Occupation Poet…
(c.54 BC-c.19 BC) Albius Tibullus Works: • The Elegies of Tibullus (English) Tibullus in Art: De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Love’s Passing 1883–1884 De Morgan Collection Born c.54 BC Died c.19 BC Roma (Italia) Occupation Poet Writer