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Portsmouth (England)

Portsmouth in Art: Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le pont du HMS Calcutta, Portsmouth c.1876 Tate Britain, London     Births: • Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) • Madden, John (1949) See also: • Cities | England | UK

Oslo (Norway)

Museums: • Munch Museum: Edvard Munchs Plass 1, 0194 Oslo • Nationalgalleriet: Universitetsgata 13, 0164 Oslo Deaths: • Ibsen, Henrik (1828-1906) • Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) See also: • Cities | Norway

Two Chained Monkeys (1562)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Two Chained Monkeys 1562 Oil on oak panel, 19.9 x 23.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Inscription lower left: • BRVEGEL • MDLXII • This unusual picture dates from the year 1562, shortly before Bruegel…

Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples (c.1551-1553)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples c.1551–1553 Oil on panel, 42.2 x 71.2 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The extraordinary panel shows the port of Naples, in which a naval battle, probably invented, takes place.…

Munich (Germany)

Highlights: • Nymphenburg Palace: Schloß Nymphenburg 1, 80638 München Museums: • Alte Pinakothek: Barer Straße 27, 80333 München • Neue Pinakothek: Barer Straße 29, 80799 München • Pinakothek der Moderne: Barer Str. 40, 80333 München Munich in Art: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721–1780) Veduta di Monaco di Baviera c.1761…

The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist (1566)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist (De prediking van Johannes de Doper) 1566 Oil on oak, 95 x 160.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest ‘The peasant’: this is the name that has become associated…

Budapest (Hungary)

Museums: • Museum of Fine Arts: 1146 Budapest, Dózsa György út 41, Hungary Births: • Curtiz, Michael (1886-1962) • Lukas, Paul (1891-1971) • Rózsa, Miklós (1907-1995) • Vidor, Charles (1900-1959) See also: • Cities | Hungary

Sibiu (Romania)

Museums: • Brukenthal National Museum: Piaţa Mare, Nr. 4 – 5, Sibiu 550163 See also: • Cities | Romania

Gennevilliers (France)

Gennevilliers in Art: Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) La plaine de Gennevilliers, champ jaunes 1884 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne     Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Iris bleus, jardin du Petit Gennevilliers c.1892 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto     Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Chrysanthèmes au jardin du Petit-Gennevilliers…

Argenteuil (France)

.Argenteuil in Art: Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) La Seine et le pont du chemin de fer d’Argenteuil 1885 or 1887 Brooklyn Museum, New York     Caillebotte, Gustave (1848-1894) Voiliers à Argenteuil c.1888 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Argenteuil, Bateau 1874 National Museum Wales, Cardiff…