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Vue de Vétheuil (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vue de Vétheuil (View of Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 80 x 60.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The footpath winding through the poppy field at bottom right points the way toward the church tower…

Paysage à Vétheuil (c.1890)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Paysage à Vétheuil (Landscape at Vétheuil) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 11.5 x 16.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Vétheuil (France)

Allies Day, May 1917 (1917)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Allies Day, May 1917 1917 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 76.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A patriotic whirlwind overtook mid–town Manhattan as America entered the First World War in the spring of 1917. On Fifth Avenue,…

Piazza San Marco (1742-1744)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Piazza San Marco (The Square of Saint Mark’s, Venice) 1742–1744 Oil on canvas, 114.6 x 153 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dozens of men with several women and a few children gather in pairs or small groups…

Canal Grande e Santa Maria della Salute (c.1730)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Canal Grande e Santa Maria della Salute (Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice) c.1730 Oil on canvas, 49.53 x 73.66 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Painted views of towns and landscapes were enormously popular in the 18th…

Piazza San Marco (late 1720s)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Piazza San Marco (St Mark’s Square) late 1720s Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 112.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The most celebrated view painter of eighteenth-century Venice, Canaletto was particularly popular with British visitors to the…

Santa Maria della Salute (Venezia)

Consecrated: 1681 Address: Dorsoduro, 1, 30123 Venezia VE, Italia Website: https://basilicasalutevenezia.it/ La Salute in Art:   Canaletto (1697-1768) Canal Grande e Santa Maria della Salute c.1730 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston     Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) La Punta della Dogana con S.…

Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Venezia)

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…

Santa Maria Novella (Firenze)

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…