Tag: 1798

Escena de una comedia (c.1798)

Julià, Asensio (1753-1832) Escena de una comedia (Scene from a Comedy) c.1798 Oil on canvas, 43 x 56 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Attributed to Asensio Julià. This canvas was painted for the palace of the Duke and Duchess of Osuna…

Giacomo Leopardi

(1798–1837) Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi Works: • Essays and Dialogues (English) • I Canti (Italian) • The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi (English) • The Poems of Leopardi (English) Born June 29 1798 Recanati (Italia) Died…

Margaret Burr, Mrs Thomas Gainsborough

(1728–1798) Margaret Gainsborough, née Burr Margaret in Art: Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Conversation in a Park c.1746–1748 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Portrait of the Artist with his Wife and Daughter c.1748 National Gallery, London     Gainsborough, Thomas…

San Ambrosio (c.1796-1799)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) San Ambrosio (Saint Ambrose) c.1796–1799 Oil on canvas, 190 x 113 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This work belongs to a series depicting Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory, key figures of early Catholicism. Saint Ambrose (about…

Giacomo Casanova

(1725–1798) Giacomo Girolamo Casanova Jacques, Chevalier de Seingalt Works: • The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt (English) Filmography as Writer: Il Casanova di Federico Fellini 1976 Director: Federico Fellini Starring: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont     Casanova in Film: La nuit de…

Eugène Delacroix

(1798–1863) Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix The artist’s works: La Mise au tombeau d’après Titien 1820 Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon Un cheval attelé à un poteau c.1820 National Gallery of Art, Washington Dante et Virgile aux enfers 1822 Musée du Louvre, Paris Jeune orpheline au cimetière…

La maja desnuda (1795-1800)

Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La maja desnuda (The Naked Maja) 1795–1800 Oil on canvas, 97.3 x 190.6 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid An image of Venus in the nude, lying on a green velvet divan with pillows and a spread. Legend…

John Adams

(1735–1826) 2nd President of the United States (1797–1801) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States