Canaletto (1697-1768) Ricevimento dell’Ambasciatore francese a Venezia (Reception of the French Ambassador in Venice) 1726–1727 Oil on canvas, 181 x 259.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In the 18th century the Venetian school of painting flourished brightly, but for the last…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Ritorno degli ambasciatori (The Return of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 297 x 526 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the third of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Commiato degli ambasciatori (The Departure of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 281 x 252 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the second of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Arrivo degli ambasciatori (Arrival of the Ambassadors) c.1497–1498 Oil on canvas, 278 x 589 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the first of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St. Ursula (Storie di sant’Orsola). The paintings…
(1868–1955) Paul-Louis-Charles-Marie Claudel Works: ◊ Die Musen: Eine Ode (German) • L’otage: Drame en trois actes (French) • Le pain dur: Drame en trois actes (French) • Le père humilié: Drame en quatre actes (French) • Oeuvres de Arthur Rimbaud…
(1931–2018) Juan Vincent Apablasa Jr. Filmography as Actor: Midnight Lace 1960 Director: David Miller Starring: Doris Day, Rex Harrison Spartacus 1960 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier The Madwoman of Chaillot 1969 Director: Bryan Forbes Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer…
(1452–1519) Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci The artist’s works: Battesimo di Cristo c.1470–1475 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Annunciazione c.1472 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Ginevra de’ Benci c.1474 National Gallery of Art, Washington Madonna Benois 1478–1480 Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg Adorazione…
(c.1477–1539) 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1529–1539) 1st Earl of Ormond (1529–1539) 1st Viscount Rochford (1525–1533) Thomas Boleyn in Film: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Director:…
(1485–1536) Queen consort of England (1509–1533) Lady of Ireland (1509–1533) Catherine of Aragon in Film: Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Director: Justin Chadwick Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson…
(1769–1852) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, FRS Prime Minister of Great Britain The Duke of Wellington in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Lord Wellesley s.d. National Museum Wales, Cardiff Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Green Park, London 1870 or 1871 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia…