Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Magi) c.1557–1560 Oil on canvas, 223 × 120 cm Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano Painted around 1559–60, the painting has much in common with Titian’s mature works. The rendering of the sky is interesting, for the…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ritratto di Daniele Barbaro (Portrait of Daniele Barbaro) 1556–1562 Oil on canvas, 121 x 105.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Daniele Barbaro was a leading scholar of Aristotelian physics. He is shown in the ecclesiastical garments of a patriarch. Next…
(1519–1559) King of France (1547–1559) Henri II in Art: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II 1559–1564 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Born March 31 1519 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Died July 10 1559 Paris (France) Father François I, King of France (1494-1547) Wife (1533-1559)…
(1519–1589) Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de’ Medici Queen consort of France (1547–1559) Queen regent of France (1560–1563) Works commissioned by her: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II 1559–1564 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Born April 13 1519 Firenze (Italia)…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II di Francia (Design for an Equestrian Statue of Henry II of France) 1559–1564 Chalk on paper, 13 x 12 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In 1559 Catherine of Medici commissioned Michelangelo to create…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) 1558–1563 Oil on canvas, 63 x 50.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Deposizione nel sepolcro (The Entombment) 1559 Oil on canvas, 136 x 174.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian represented the Gospel account of the burial of Christ (Matthew 27: 57-61; Mark 15: 44-47; Luke 23: 50-54; John 19: 38-42)…
(1542–1587) Mary Stuart or Mary Stewart Mary, Queen of Scots Queen of Scotland (1542–1567) Queen consort of France (1559–1560) Mary Stuart in Literature: • Dumas, Alexandre (1802-1870): Mary Stuart (English) Mary Stuart in Film: Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Vanessa…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Netherlandish Proverbs 1559 Oil on oak panel, 117.2 x 163.8 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Reference lower right: BRVEGEL • 1559 The picture brings together 100 proverbs and places them in surroundings that are as…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Fight Between Carnival and Lent 1559 Oil on oak panel, 118 × 163.7 × 3.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed on a stone at lower left: BRVEGEL (V and E ligated) 1559 In the foreground…