Cythera in Art: Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Pèlerinage à l’île de Cythère 1717 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Greece | Islands
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Antoine Watteau
(1684–1721) Jean-Antoine Watteau The artist’s works: Le voleur du nid de moineaux c.1710 Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh Acteurs de la Comedie-Francaise 1711–1712 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Signature du contrat de mariage et danse à la campagne c.1711 Museo del Prado, Madrid La Rêveuse…
San Pablo (1598-1600)
El Greco (1541-1614) San Pablo (St. Paul) 1598–1600 Oil on canvas, 69.9 x 55.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
La Anunciación (c.1600)
El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 91 × 66.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación c.1576 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación c.1596–1600 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Santiago el Menor (c.1600)
El Greco (1541-1614) Santiago el Menor? (Saint James the Lesser, Study of a Male Head) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 49.5 × 42.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Magdalena penitente (c.1576-1577)
El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente (The Penitent Mary Magdalene) c.1576–1577 Oil on canvas, 156.5 × 121 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente c.1577 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Sir Arthur Evans
(1851–1941) Sir Arthur John Evans, FRS Works: • Anthropology and the Classics (English) Born July 8 1851 Nash Mills (England) Died July 11 1941 Youlbury (England) Occupation Archaeologist Journalist Writer Award Fellow of the Royal Society Title Knight Bachelor (1911)
Sophia Schliemann
(1852–1932) Σοφία Σλήμαν née Sophia Engastromenos, Σοφία Εγκαστρωμένου Born January 12 1852 Athens (Greece) Died October 27 1932 Athens (Greece) Husband (1869–1890) Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) Occupation Archaeologist
Heinrich Schliemann
(1822–1890) Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann Works: • Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns (English) • Troy and Its Remains (English) Born January 6 1822 Neubukow (Germany) Died December 26 1890 Napoli (Italia) Wife (1852–1869) Ekaterina…
Phryné devant l’aréopage (1861)
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Phryné devant l’aréopage (Phryné before the Areopagus) 1861 Oil on canvas, 80 x 128 cm Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Compare: Nadar (1820-1910) Femme nue debout 1860–1861 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Famed for his portraits of writers, artists, and…