Guercino (1591-1666) Riposo nella fuga in Egitto (Rest on the Flight into Egypt) 1624 Oil on canvas, diameter 68.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (called il Guercino) created Rest on the Flight to Egypt as a…
Guercino (1591-1666) Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifar (Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife) 1649 Oil on canvas, 123.2 x 158 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A nude woman with pale pink skin reclines under cream-white sheets in a bed as…
Ἀλεξάνδρεια Alexandria in Art: Bellini, Gentile (c.1429-1507) & Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Predica di San Marco in una piazza di Alessandria d’Egitto 1504–1507 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano Births: • Cleopatra (69-30 BC) • Sharif, Omar (1932-2015) Deaths: • Cleopatra (69-30…
Cities: • Alexandria • Cairo • Faiyum • Philae Egypt in Art: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) An Egyptian in a Doorway 1865 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Death of the Pharaoh’s Firstborn Son 1872 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912)…
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Producer: Walter Wanger Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall, Sidney Buchman Based on: The Life and Times of Cleopatra by C. M. Franzero Genre: Historical | Drama Music: Alex North Country: United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland Language:…
Director: Cecil B. DeMille Producer: Cecil B. DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon Screenplay: Æneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank Based on: Pillar of Fire by Joseph Holt Ingraham, On Eagle’s Wings by A. E. Southon, Prince of Egypt…
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Landscape with the Flight into Egypt 1563 Oil on panel, 37.1 x 55.6 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In this captivating work, Pieter Bruegel depicts the biblical story of the Virgin Mary, Joseph and their infant son…
(1769–1821) First Consul of the French Republic (1799–1804) Emperor of the French (1804–1815) President of the Italian Republic (1802–1805) King of Italy (1805–1814) Napoléon in Literature: • Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950): The Man of Destiny (1898) Napoléon in Art: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Busto di Napoleone c.1802…
(69–30 BC) Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ Cleopatra VII Philopator Queen of Egypt (51–30 BC) Cleopatra in Art: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Cleopatra at Philae c.1855–1912 Victoria and Albert Museum, London Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) La Morte di Cleopatra c.1645–1655 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York …
(100–44 BC) Gaius Julius Caesar Dictator (49–44 BC) Consul of Rome (59, 48, 46–45, 44 BC) Works: • Commentarii de bello civili (Latin) ◊ Commentaries on the Civil War (English) • De Bello Gallico, Libri I-IV (Latin) • De Bello…