Tag: 1762

Portrait of a Young Lady (c.1760-1765)

Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Portrait of a Young Lady c.1760–1765 Oil on canvas, 76.5 × 63 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

(1729–1796) born Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst Catherine II, Empress of Russia (1762–1796) Works commissioned by her: Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) The Infant Hercules c.1785–1789 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Infant Hercules Strangling Serpents 1786 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg…

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Veduta di Pirna con la Fortezza di Sonnenstein (View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein) 1755–1765 Oil on canvas, 49.3 × 79.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Pirna (Germany) | Saxony | Sonnenstein Castle (Pirna)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Mercure et Argus (Mercury and Argus) c.1761–1762 Oil on canvas, 59 × 73 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) L’Olimpo, o Trionfo di Venere (The Olympus or Triumph of Venus) 1761–1764 Oil on canvas, 87 x 61.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a sketch for a no-longer extant painting on canvas intended to decorate…

(1762–1802) 13th Duchess of Alba The Duchess of Alba in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La maja desnuda 1795–1800 Museo del Prado, Madrid Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La Duquesa de Alba 1797 Hispanic Society of America, New York Goya, Francisco…

1762

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Events: • Pinacoteca Nazionale founded in Bologna. Births: • María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba (1762-1802) Music: • Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) Art: • Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780): Veduta di Pirna (1755-65) •…

Founded: 1762 Location: Via delle Belle Arti 56, 40126 Bologna Website: https://www.pinacotecabologna.beniculturali.it/it/ Collection: • Raffaello (1483-1520): Estasi di Santa Cecilia (1513) See also: • Bologna (Italia) | Museums