(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…
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…
(c.404 BC-c.323 BC) Diogenes the Cynic Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός Diogenes in Art: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Diogène 1860 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Born c.404 BC Sinope (Turkey) Died c.323 BC Corinth (Greece) Occupation Philosopher
(c.582 BC-c.488 BC) Ἀνακρέων Works: • Anakreons sånger (Swedish) • Lauluja Anakreonilta (Finnish) • Odes d’Anacréon (French) Anacreon in Art: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour modeled 1878 (cast c.1893) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Born c.582 BC Teos…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Dr. Albert C. Barnes 1926 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Dr. Albert C. Barnes acquired and arranged all the works in these galleries between 1912 and 1951. The Italian surrealist Giorgio de Chirico…
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ratto di Europa (The Rape of Europa) c.1570 Oil on canvas glued to oak panel, 59.5 x 70 cm National Gallery, London The story of the Rape of Europa is told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Mercury is ordered by his…
El Greco (1541-1614) San Juan Evangelista y San Francesco de Asís (St John the Evangelist and St Francis of Assisi) 1600 Oil on canvas, 110 x 86.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Composizione metafisica (Metaphysical Composition) 1950–1960 Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
(c.480 BC-430 BC) Φειδίας Phidias in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Étude pour Phidias dans L’Apothéose d’Homère 1827 San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris Born c.480 BC…
