Guercino (1591-1666) Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio (Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1623 Oil on copper, 72.5 x 65 cm National Gallery, London Mary and Joseph brought the infant Christ, forty days after his birth, to be presented in…
Consecrated: 1681 Address: Dorsoduro, 1, 30123 Venezia VE, Italia Website: https://basilicasalutevenezia.it/ La Salute in Art: Canaletto (1697-1768) Santa Maria della Salute s.d. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Canaletto (1697-1768) Canal Grande e Santa Maria della Salute c.1730 Museum…
Manoir du Cloux Chastelet du Cloux Built: middle of the fifteenth century Address: 2 Rue du Clos Lucé, 37400 Amboise, France Website: https://vinci-closluce.com/en Deaths: • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) See also: • Amboise (France) | Castles | François I, King of France (1494-1547) | Marguerite de…
Burials: • Brel, Jacques (1929-1978) • Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Paul Gauguin‘s grave. Jacques Brel‘s grave. See also: • Atuona, Hiva Oa (French Polynesia) | Cemeteries
Built: end of the 18th century Location: 60240 Le Mesnil-Théribus, France The Château de Beaufresne was the home of American painter Mary Cassatt from 1887 to 1926. Deaths: • Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) See also: • Le Mesnil-Théribus (France) | Palaces
Founded: 1250 Completed: 1338 Address: San Polo, 3072, 30125 Venezia VE, Italia Website: https://www.basilicadeifrari.it/ Monument of Titian. The tomb of Canova, originally designed by him as a mausoleum for Titian. Claudio Monteverdi’s tomb. Burials: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) • Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643) • Tiziano (c.1488-1576) See…
Established: 1804 Address: 16 Rue du Repos, 75020 Paris, France Website: https://pere-lachaise.com/ Burials: • Apollinaire, Guillaume (1880-1918) • Avril, Jane (1868-1943) • Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850) • Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-1799) • Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835) • Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) • Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) •…
Architect: Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976) Completed: 1932 Location: Alvar Aallontie 275, 21540 Paimio, Finland Website: https://www.paimiosanatorium.fi/ See also: • Aalto, Alvar (1898-1976) | Hospitals | Paimio (Finland)
Built: 1505 Location: Calle Oficios, s/n, 18001 Granada, España Website: https://capillarealgranada.com/ Burials: • Isabel I de Castilla (1451-1504) Art: • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Orazione nell’orto (c.1500) See also: • Chapels | Granada (España) | Museums
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella Built: 13th century Consecrated: 1420 Address: Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, 18, 50123 Firenze FI, Italia Website: https://www.smn.it/en/ Works of Art: • Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510): Natività di Gesù con san Giovannino (1476-78) • Giotto (c.1267-1337): Crocifisso di Santa Maria…