Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) La nymphe de Fontainebleau (The Nymph of Fontainebleau) 1542–1543 Bronze, 205 x 409 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned by François I and executed in 1542–1543, in the workshop of the Hôtel de Nesle in Paris, with the assistance…
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Saliera (Salt Cellar) 1540–1543 Gold, enamel, ebony, ivory, 28.5 × 21.5 × 26.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The only extant work in gold by this Florentine artist already famous during his lifetime, Cellini’s masterpiece is far more than a…
(1500–1571) The artist’s works: Saliera 1540–1543 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna La nymphe de Fontainebleau 1542–1543 Musée du Louvre, Paris Perseo con la testa di Medusa 1545–1554 Piazza della Signoria, Firenze Bindo Altoviti 1549 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Works: • Autobiography (English) • The treatises…
(1519–1559) King of France (1547–1559) Henri II in Art: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II 1559–1564 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Born March 31 1519 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Died July 10 1559 Paris (France) Father François I, King of France (1494-1547) Wife (1533-1559)…
(1519–1589) Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de’ Medici Queen consort of France (1547–1559) Queen regent of France (1560–1563) Works commissioned by her: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II 1559–1564 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Born April 13 1519 Firenze (Italia)…
Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) François 1er reçoit les derniers soupirs de Léonard de Vinci (Francis I receives the last breaths of Leonardo da Vinci) 1818 Oil on canvas, 40 x 50.5 cm Petit Palais, Paris See also: • Francis I,…
(1495–1540) Giovanni Battista di Jacopo known as Rosso Fiorentino, or Il Rosso The artist’s works: Madonna in trono col Bambino e quattro santi 1518 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Ritratto di giovane con una lettera 1518 National Gallery, London Madonna col Bambino e…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Carità (Charity) 1518–1519 Oil on canvas, 185 x 137 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted for Francis I during Andrea del Sarto‘s stay in France (1518-1519).Coll. Francis I. (Louvre) See also: • François I, King of France (1494-1547)
(1486–1530) Andrea d’Agnolo di Francesco di Luca di Paolo del Migliore Vannucchi The artist’s works: L’Arcangelo Raffaele con Tobia 1512 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Madonna col Bambino e i Santi Caterina, Elisabetta e Giovanni Battista 1513 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Madonna col Bambino,…
Manoir du Cloux Chastelet du Cloux Built: middle of the fifteenth century Address: 2 Rue du Clos Lucé, 37400 Amboise, France Website: https://vinci-closluce.com/en Deaths: • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) See also: • Amboise (France) | Castles | François I, King of France (1494-1547) | Marguerite de…