Tag: 1771

Veduta dell’Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore (1765-1775)

Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta dell’Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore (View of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore) 1765–1775 Oil on canvas, 43 x 61 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Master of the townscape -known as vedute in Italian- Guardi painted many…

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Antoine-Jean Gros

(1771–1835) Baron  Antoine-Jean Gros The artist’s works: Autoportrait c.1790 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Bonaparte au pont d’Arcole late 1796-early 1797 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Bonaparte, Premier Consul, après la bataille de Marengo 1803 Musée du Louvre, Paris Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa…

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Portrait d’une jeune dame (c.1770-1772)

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) Portrait d’une jeune dame (Portrait of a Young Lady) c.1770–1772 Oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection It has always been felt that the age of Louis XV finds its most characteristic…

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Sir Walter Scott

(1771–1832) Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot Works: • Guy Mannering (English) • Ivanhoe (English) • Kenilworth (English) • Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft (English) • Marmion (English) • Old Mortality (English) • Quentin Durward (English) • Rob Roy…

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Julie Clary

(1771–1845) Marie Julie Clary Queen consort of Spain and the Indies (1808–1813) Queen consort of Naples and Sicily (1806–1808) Julie Clary in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons   Born December 26 1771 Marseille (France) Died April 7 1845 Firenze (Italia) Buried Basilica di Santa Croce…

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1771

Rulers: • Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796) Births: • Clary, Julie (1771-1845) • Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) • Scott, Walter (1771-1832) Art: • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806): Portrait d’une jeune dame (c.1770-72) • Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Juego de niños: El…

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