Groundbreaking: 1294 Completed: 1385 Consecrated: 1443 Architects: Arnolfo di Cambio, Filippo Brunelleschi Style: Gothic, Renaissance, Gothic Revival Location: Piazza Santa Croce, 16 – 50122 Firenze Website: https://www.santacroceopera.it/ Burials: • Clary, Julie (1771-1845) • Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642) • Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455)…
(1768–1844) Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, born Giuseppe di Buonaparte Comte de Survilliers King of Spain and the Indies (1808–1813) King of Naples and Sicily (1806–1808) Joseph Bonaparte in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born January 7 1768 Corte,…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Concerto (Concert) c.1510 Oil on canvas, 86.5 x 123.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Flora c.1517 Oil on canvas, 79.7 x 63.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze A young woman emerges from the brown background of the painting, holding out a bouquet of spring flowers, consisting of violets, rosebuds and jasmine. She is dressed…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino) 1538 Oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This is one of Titian’s most famous works and it depicts the emblematic figure of a young bride about to be dressed…
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Florence. Vue prise des jardins Boboli (View of Florence from the Boboli Gardens) c.1835–1840 Oil on canvas, 51 x 73 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Giardino di Boboli (Firenze)
(1796–1875) The artist’s works: Corot à son chevalet 1825 Musée du Louvre, Paris La Trinité-des-Monts c.1825–1828 Musée du Louvre, Paris Aqueduc c.1826–1828 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Aqueduc dans la campagne romaine 1826 Private collection Le Velino, la Sortie du Lac de…
(1545–1561) Lucrezia de’ Medici Duchessa di Ferrara, Modena e Reggio (1558-1561) Born February 14 1545 Firenze (Italia) Died April 21 1561 Ferrara (Italia) Cause of death Tuberculosis Father Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-1574) Grandfather Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498-1526) Grandmother…
(1535–1607) Alessandro di Cristofano di Lorenzo del Bronzino Allori The artist’s works: Studio di un cranio c.1545 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam La deposizione dalla croce c.1550 Museo del Prado, Madrid Autoritratto c.1555 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Maria de’ Medici c.1555 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Ritratto di…
