Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Casa de Nazareth (Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth) c.1640 Oil on canvas, 165 x 218.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Stories of Christ’s childhood and adolescence became increasingly popular during the Counter-Reformation…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Deux Soeurs, Sur la terrasse (Two Sisters, On the Terrace) 1881 Oil on canvas, 100.4 × 80.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “He loves everything that is joyous, brilliant, and consoling in life,” an anonymous interviewer once…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Die Drahtziehmühle (The Wire-drawing Mill) c.1489 Watercolor and gouache on paper, 29 x 42.6 cm Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin The depiction of the landscape environment, which is self-evident and particularly interesting to us, was not common for centuries, from the…
Built: 1616 Location: Blickling, Norwich NR11 6NF, UK Website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/blickling-estate Births: • Boleyn, George (c.1504-1536) • Boleyn, Mary (c.1500-1543) See also: • Houses | England | UK
Built: 1780 Acquired by Charles Dickens in 1856 Deaths: • Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) See also: • Higham (England) | Houses
Opened: 1778 Address: 149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London W1J 7NT, United Kingdom Website: https://www.wellingtoncollection.co.uk/ Collection: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Napoleone come Marte pacificatore (1803-06) • Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660): El aguador de Sevilla (c.1623) Apsley House in Art: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Green Park, London…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Le tre età dell’uomo (The Three Ages of Man) 1512–1514 Oil on canvas, 90 x 150.7 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh This early work depicts the three stages of life: infancy, adulthood and old age. Cupid clambers over the sleeping…
Limes House and Forecourt Piers The Limes, previously referred to as Mortlake Terrace Built: c.1720 Address: 123 Mortlake High Street, London SW14, England, United Kingdom Mortlake Terrace in Art: Turner, Joseph (1775-1851) Mortlake Terrace: Early Summer Morning 1826 The Frick…
Completed: 1795 Births: • Moore, George Augustus (1852-1933) See also: • Houses | Ireland
Bush-Holley Historic Site Built: 1732 Location: 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, CT 06807 Website: https://greenwichhistory.org/the-bush-holley-house/ Collection: • Hassam, Childe (1859-1935): Clarissa (1912) • Hassam, Childe (1859-1935): The Mantle Piece (1912) See also: • Cos Cob, Greenwich, CT (USA) | Houses | Museums