Bellini, Gentile (c.1429-1507) Caterina Cornaro, regina di Cipro (Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus) c.1500 Oil on wood, 63.2 × 49.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest The heroine of Donizetti’s opera, Caterina Cornaro was not born to the crown. The Venetian patrician…
(1454–1510) Αικατερίνη Κορνάρο Catarina Corner Queen Consort of Cyprus (1472–1473) Queen of Cyprus (1474–1489) Queen of Jerusalem and Armenia Caterina Cornaro in Art: Bellini, Gentile (c.1429-1507) Caterina Cornaro, regina di Cipro c.1500 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Born November 25…
(1797–1848) Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti Works: • Anna Bolena (1830) • Don Pasquale (1843) • La Favorite (1840) • La Fille du régiment (1840) • L’elisir d’amore (1832) • Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) • Lucrezia Borgia (1833) • Maria Stuarda…
(c.1429–1507) The artist’s works: L’Annunciazione c.1475 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Caterina Cornaro, regina di Cipro c.1500 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Predica di San Marco in una piazza di Alessandria 1504–1507 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Un orientale in piedi s.d. Musée du Louvre, Paris…