Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud Founded: 1101 Closed: 1792 Style: Romanesque, Gothic, Classical Location: Fontevraud-l’Abbaye, France Burials: • Eleanor of Aquitaine (c.1122-1204) • Henry II, King of England (1133-1189) • Richard I, King of England (1157-1199) Tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine and…
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Autoritratto (Self-portrait) 1792 Oil on canvas, 68 × 54.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Amore e Psiche che si abbracciano (Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss) 1787–1793 Marble, height 155 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Las gigantillas (Little Giants) 1791–1792 Oil on canvas 137 x 104 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Image: Museo del Prado
1792: Founded as “Kungliga Museet” (Royal Museum) 1866: Current building completed and opened Location: Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2, 111 48 Stockholm Website: https://www.nationalmuseum.se/en/ Collection: • Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593): Il Cuoco (c.1570) • Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593): Il Giurista (1566) • Manet, Édouard (1832-1883): La Parisienne (c.1875) • Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919): La Grenouillère…
(1732–1799) 1st President of the United States (1789–1797) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States
Rulers: • Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) • George Washington, 1st President of the United States (1789-1797) Events: • Abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontevraud closed in Fontevraud-l’Abbaye, France. • Nationalmuseum founded in Stockholm as “Kungliga Museet” (Royal Museum). Births: • Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822) Deaths: • Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga, Manuel (1784-1792)…
(1723–1792) Sir Joshua Reynolds, RA, FRS, FRSA The artist’s works: Portrait of Lord Donounghmore 1780–1790 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Born July 16 1723 Plympton (England) Died February 23 1792 London (England) Occupation Painter
(1792–1822) Works: • A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays (English) • A Vindication of Natural Diet (English) • Adonais (English) • History of a Six Weeks’ Tour (English) • O May I Join the Choir Invisible! and Other Favorite…