Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ecce Homo c.1605 Oil on canvas, 128 x 103 cm Palazzo Bianco, Genova The canvas, the origin of which is still unclear, was recorded in the inventory of Palazzo Bianco in 1921 as being a copy by Lionello Spada of…
Founded: 1677 Address: Via Garibaldi 18, 16124 Genova, Italia Website: https://www.museidigenova.it/en/palazzo-rosso-0 Collection: • Guercino (1591-1666): La morte di Cleopatra (1648) See also: • Genova (Italia) | Museums | Palaces
Deaths: • Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677) Architecture: • Palazzo Rosso completed in Genova. Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Diana ed Endimione (c.1675-80) • Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711): Cleopatra’s Banquet (c.1675-80) • Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711): Hagar in the Desert (1675-80)
Museums: • Collezione d’Arte della Banca Carige • Palazzo Bianco: Via Garibaldi 11, 16124 Genova • Palazzo Rosso: Via Garibaldi 18, 16124 Genova Births: • Colombo, Cristoforo (1451-1506) • Gassman, Vittorio (1922-2000) • Vespucci, Simonetta (1453-1476) Deaths: • Doria, Andrea (1466-1560) See also: • Cities | Italia
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Deposizione (Entombment of Christ) c.1600–1604 Oil on canvas, 300 x 203 cm Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vaticano The Deposition, considered one of Caravaggio‘s greatest masterpieces, was commissioned by Girolamo Vittrice for his family chapel in S. Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa Nuova) in Rome.…
Rulers: • Henri III, King of Navarre (1572-1610) • Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610) • James I, King of England and Ireland (1603-1625) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Literature: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): All’s Well That Ends Well (1604-05) • Shakespeare,…
Founded: 1932 Address: WF42+7WV, Viale Centro del Bosco, 00120 Città del Vaticano Website: https://www.vaticanmuseumsrome.com/pinacoteca Collection: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Deposizione (c.1600-04) • Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427): Dono alle fanciulle povere (1425) • Gentile da Fabriano (c.1370-1427): La nascita di San Nicola (1425) • Gentile…
Church: • Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano: Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano Museums: • Cappella Sistina: Viale Vaticano 2, Città del Vaticano • Musei Vaticani: Viale Vaticano 6, 00120 Città del Vaticano • Pinacoteca Vaticana: Viale Vaticano, 00165 Roma See also: • Colle Vaticano (Roma)
“Market Square, Germantown, Pennsylvania”, by William Britton, c.1820. Louisa May Alcott’s House Births: • Alcott, Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) See also: • Districts | Philadelphia, PA (USA)
(1832–1888) Works: • A Garland for Girls (English) • A Modern Cinderella (English) • A Modern Mephistopheles (English) • A Supplementary Reader for the Fourth Year of School (English) • An Old-Fashioned Girl (English) • Aunt Jo’s Scrap Bag, Volume…