Tag: Greece

Magdalena penitente (c.1577)

El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente (Penitent Magdalene) c.1577 Oil on canvas, 108 x 101.3 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Compare: El Greco (1541-1614) Magdalena penitente c.1576–1577 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest    

Cythera (Greece)

Cythera in Art: Watteau, Antoine (1684-1721) Pèlerinage à l’île de Cythère 1717 Musée du Louvre, Paris     See also: • Greece | Islands

Antoine Watteau

(1684–1721) Jean-Antoine Watteau The artist’s works: La danse champêtre c.1706–1710 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis 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…

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 Distinguished by his sword, the Christian apostle Paul holds a folded paper between the tips of his fingers. Its Greek…

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