Tag: 1803

Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton

(1803–1873) Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, PC Works: • A Strange Story (English) • Athens: Its Rise and Fall (English) • Devereux (English) • Ernest Maltravers (English) • Eugene Aram (English) • Falkland (English) • Godolphin (English)…

Bonaparte après la bataille de Marengo (1803)

Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835) Bonaparte, Premier Consul, après la bataille de Marengo (Bonaparte, First Consul, after the battle of Marengo) 1803 Oil on canvas, 310 x 247 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris On deposit in the Musée national des châteaux de Malmaison…

Hector Berlioz

(1803–1869) Louis-Hector Berlioz Works: • Béatrice et Bénédict (1862) • Benvenuto Cellini (1838) • Grande messe des morts (1837) • Harold en Italie (1834) • La Damnation de Faust (1846) • Le Carnaval romain (1844) • L’Enfance du Christ (1854)…

Prosper Mérimée

(1803–1870) Works: • Abbé Aubain and Mosaics (English) • Carmen (Dutch) • Carmen (English) • Carmen (Finnish) • Colomba (English) • Colomba (French) • Colomba (Finnish) • Helmiä (Finnish) • How The Redoubt Was Taken (English) • La Vénus d’Ille…

The Falls at Tivoli (1803)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) The Falls at Tivoli 1803? Watercolor on cardboard, 37.8 x 53.7 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia See also: • Tivoli (Italia)

Adèle Foucher

(1803–1868) Adèle Foucher in Film: L’histoire d’Adèle H 1975 Director: François Truffaut Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson   Born September 27 1803 Paris (France) Died August 27 1868 Brussels (Belgium) Husband Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Son Léopold Victor Hugo (1823-1823) Daughter Léopoldine Hugo (1824-1843) Son Charles Hugo…

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

(1741–1803) Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos Works: • Les liaisons dangereuses (French) ◊ Dangerous Connections (English) Filmography as Writer: Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich   Born October 18 1741 Amiens (France) Died November 5 1803 Taranto (Italia)…

Ebe (1800-1805)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Ebe (Hebe) 1800–1805 Marble, h. 161 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Hebe is one of the most famous works of Antonio Canova, an outstanding Neoclassical sculptor of the late 18th – early 19th century. According to ancient myth,…

Napoleone come Marte pacificatore (1803-1806)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Napoleone come Marte pacificatore (Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker) 1803–1806 Marble, h. 345 cm Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London Commissioned by Napoleon in 1802 this colossal statue of the Emperor was sculpted by Canova in Rome. Completed…