El Greco (1541-1614) El caballero de la mano en el pecho (The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 81.8 x 66.1 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This bust-length portrait entered the royal collections as a…
El Greco (1541-1614) Visión del Apocalipsis (The Vision of Saint John) c.1608–1614 Oil on canvas, 222.3 x 193 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The painting is a fragment from a large altarpiece commissioned for the church of the…
El Greco (1541-1614) San Jerónimo (Saint Jerome as Scholar) c.1610 Oil on canvas, 108 x 89 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York El Greco executed at least five paintings of Saint Jerome. In this version, from the last years…
El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo abrazado a la cruz (Christ Carrying the Cross) c.1577–1587 Oil on canvas, 105 x 79 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During his long career in Spain, El Greco produced numerous paintings of Christ carrying…
El Greco (1541-1614) Vista de Toledo (View of Toledo) c.1599–1600 Oil on canvas, 121.3 x 108.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this, his greatest surviving landscape, El Greco portrays the city he lived and worked in for…
Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore Papale Arcibasilica Maggiore Arcipretale Liberiana di Santa Maria Maggiore Groundbreaking: 432 Construction started: 435 Completed: 1743 Designated as World Heritage Site: 1980 Address: Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore, 00100 Roma, Italia Website: https://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/sm_maggiore/index_en.html Burials:…
(1943–1993) Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize Filmography as Actor: The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 Director: Guy Hamilton Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee Born April 23 1943 Paris (France) Died September 4 1993 North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Suicide…
(1944) Jeroen Aart Krabbé Filmography as Actor: Stalin 1992 Director: Ivan Passer Starring: Robert Duvall, Julia Ormond Born December 5 1944 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Painter Producer Awards Golden Calf Title Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) Garçon en culottes courtes (Boy in Short Pants) c.1918 Oil on canvas, 99.69 x 64.77 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Amedeo Modigliani devoted his short and troubled life to creating paintings. He primarily made portraits of…
Gris, Juan (1887-1927) Guitare et pipe (Guitar and Pipe) 1913 Oil and charcoal on canvas, 65.09 × 49.53 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Guitar (verso) Juan Gris made significant contributions to the Cubist style established in 1910 by his…