Tag: castle

Château du Clos Lucé (Amboise)

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…

Château de Beaufresne (Le Mesnil-Théribus)

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

Il sogno del cavaliere (c.1504)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Il sogno del cavaliere (Vision of a Knight) c.1504 Oil on poplar, 17.1 x 17.3 cm National Gallery, London This painting was inspired by a passage in the Punica, an epic poem by Silius Italicus (AD 25–101) recounting the…

Arundel Castle (England)

Built: 1068 Address: Arundel BN18 9AB, UK Website: https://www.arundelcastle.org/ Births: • Boleyn, Elizabeth (c.1480-1538) See also: • Castles | England | UK

Hever Castle (England)

Built: 1270 Address: Hever Rd, Hever, Edenbridge TN8 7NG, UK Website: http://www.hevercastle.co.uk/ The bedroom of Henry VIII at Hever Castle. Births: • Boleyn, Thomas (c.1477-1539) See also: • Castles | England | UK

Sonnenstein Castle (Pirna)

Schloss Sonnenstein Address: Schloßhof 2/4, 01796 Pirna, Germany Sonnenstein Castle in Art: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna dalla fortezza di Sonnenstein 1750s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg     Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Veduta di Pirna con la Fortezza di Sonnenstein…

Castle Island (Boston)

Castle Island in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Castle Island, Boston Harbor 1916 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA     See also: • Boston, MA (USA)

Skoklosters Slott (Sweden)

Built: 1654–1676 Location: Skoklosters slott, 746 96 Skokloster, Sweden Website: https://skoklostersslott.se/en Collection: • Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593): Il Bibliotecario (1562) • Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1526-1593): Rodolfo II in veste di Vertunno (c.1590) See also: • Castles | Museums | Sweden

Château Malromé (Saint-André-du-Bois)

Address: Lieu-dit, Château de Malromé, 33490 Saint-André-du-Bois, France Website: https://www.chateautoulouselautrec.com/ Deaths: • Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) See also: • Castles | Saint-André-du-Bois (France) | Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901)