Anita Ekberg

(1931–2015) Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg Filmography as Actress: War and Peace 1956 Director: King Vidor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda     La Dolce Vita 1960 Director: Federico Fellini Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg   Born September 29 1931 Malmö (Sweden) Died January…

Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein (1750s)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein (View of Pirna from the Sonnenstein Castle) 1750s Oil on canvas, 136 × 237 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna in Sassonia 1763 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford…

Vaprio d’Adda (1744)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Vaprio d’Adda 1744 Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York By carefully staging the sunlight hitting the facades rising above the Adda River, Bellotto picks out the north Italian villages of…

Pirna, Obertor dal Sud (mid-1750s)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Pirna, Obertor dal Sud (Pirna: The Obertor from the South) mid-1750s Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 78.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bellotto was Canaletto’s nephew and student who himself was to become an internationally…

La fortezza di Königstein (1756-1758)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) La fortezza di Königstein (The Fortress of Königstein) 1756–1758 Oil on canvas, 133 x 235.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington In the distance, a fortress sits on a rocky plateau below a sky filled with lightly…

Campo di SS Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia (1743-1747)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Campo di SS Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia (The Campo di SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice) 1743–1747 Oil on canvas, 70.8 x 111 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Venezia)