Category: Writers

Eugène Murer

(1841–1906) Hyacinthe-Eugène Meunier, dit Eugène Murer The artist’s works: Trilogy of Months, state II s.d. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Eugène Murer in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Eugène Murer 1877 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York     Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Eugène Murer…

Erasmus of Rotterdam

(1466–1536) Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus Works: • Against War (English) • Colloquies, Volume I (English) • Dialoge or communication of two persons (English) • Education of Children (English) • Encomium artis medicae (Latin) • In Praise of Folly (English) • Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews…

George Augustus Moore

(1852–1933) Works: • The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story (English) • Celibates (English) • Confessions of a Young Man (English) • Esther Waters (English) • Evelyn Innes (English) • The Lake (English) • Memoirs of My Dead Life (English) •…

Judith Gautier

(1845–1917) Louise Charlotte Ernestine Gautier Works: • En chine (French) • La fille du ciel (French) ◊ The Daughter of Heaven (English) • Le collier des jours (French) • Le Dragon Impérial (French) • Le livre de Jade (French) ◊ The Book of…

Catulle Mendès

(1841–1909) Catulle Mendès in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Les Filles de Catulle Mendès 1888 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born May 22 1841 Bordeaux (France) Died February 7 1909 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Cause of death Railway accident Buried Cimetière du Montparnasse…

Giorgio Vasari

(1511–1574) The artist’s works: Ritratto di Lorenzo il Magnifico c.1533–1534 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Tentazioni di San Gerolamo 1541 Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Sei poeti toscani 1543–1544 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo 1544 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Sacra…

Jeremias de Decker

(1609–1666) Jeremias de Decker in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Jeremias de Decker 1666 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg   Born 1609 Dordrecht (Netherlands) Died 1666 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Occupation Poet Writer

Govert Bidloo

(1649–1713) Govert Bidloo or Govard Bidloo Works: Anatomia Humani Corporis 1690 National Library of Medicine, Bethesda     Born March 12 1649 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Died March 30 1713 Leiden (Netherlands) Occupation Anatomist Physician Occupation Playwright Poet Writer

Gérard de Lairesse

(1641–1711) The artist’s works: The Institution of the Eucharist 1664–1665 Musée du Louvre, Paris Venus Giving Arms to Aeneas 1668 Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp Aeneas and the Sibyl c.1670 National Gallery of Art, Washington Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus c.1670…

Homer

(fl.9th or 8th century BC) Ὅμηρος Works: • Ιλιάδα (Greek) ◊ L’Iliade (French) ◊ The Iliad (English) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Α (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Β (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Γ (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Δ (Greek) ◊ L’Odyssée (French) ◊ The Odyssey (English) Homer…