Architecture: • Saint Bavo’s Cathedral is consecrated in Ghent.
Ghent (Belgium)
Churches: • Saint Bavo’s Cathedral: Sint-Baafsplein, 9000 Ghent Saints: • Bavo of Ghent Births: • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500-1558) See also: • Cities | Belgium
Crucifixion and Last Judgement Diptych (c.1440-1441)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) & Workshop Crucifixion and Last Judgement Diptych c.1440–1441 Oil on canvas, transferred from wood, 56.5 x 19.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Crucifixion. The Last Judgement. Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, considered Van…
Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati (c.1435)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati c.1435 Silverpoint on white paper, 21.4 x 18 cm Kupferstich-Kabinett, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden The only known drawing by the artist. It served as a preliminary drawing for Jan van Eyck‘s painting…
Portrait of Baudouin de Lannoy (c.1435)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Baudouin de Lannoy c.1435 Oil on oak, 26.6 x 19.5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The middle-aged, male subject of this portrait is depicted as a half-figure who turns towards the left and is presented in front of…
The Annunciation (c.1434-1436)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Annunciation c.1434–1436 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 90.2 x 34.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A play and a painting appear to have merged in Jan van Eyck’s dramatic Annunciation, which is rich with…
The Goldsmith Jan de Leeuw (1436)
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) The Goldsmith Jan de Leeuw 1436 Oil on oak, 24.6 x 19.2 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Signature: on the original frame the inscription: IAN DE (image of a lion) OP SANT ORSELEN DACH/DAT CLAER EERST MET OGHEN SACH.…
Marie-Hortense Fiquet, Madame Cézanne
(1850–1922) Hortense in Art: Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Femme allaitant son enfant 1872 Private collection Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait de Madame Cézanne 1885–1886 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Madame Cézanne 1888–1890 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cézanne,…
1436
Rulers: • Cosimo de’ Medici, Signore di Firenze (1434-1464) • Juan II, King of Castile and León (1406-1454) • Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Signore di Rimini (1432-1468) Events: • The construction of Santa Maria del Fiore (Firenze) is completed. Births: • Loredan, Leonardo (1436-1521) Art: •…
1435
Rulers: • Cosimo de’ Medici, Signore di Firenze (1434-1464) • Juan II, King of Castile and León (1406-1454) • Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Signore di Rimini (1432-1468) Births: • Buti, Lucrezia (1435-?) • Verrocchio, Andrea del (1435-1488) Art: • Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455): Incoronazione della Vergine (c.1434-35)…