Tag: Italia

Madonna Salting (1460-1469)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Madonna Salting (The Virgin and Child) c.1460–1469 Oil on wood, 43.2 x 34.3 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary glances down at her baby son, Christ, who clutches a pomegranate in his tiny fist. The fruit,…

Esmeralda Ruspoli

(1928–1988) Filmography as Actress: Romeo and Juliet 1968 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey   Born June 24 1928 Roma (Italia) Died September 1 1988 Panarea, Isole Eolie (Italia) Occupation Actress

Antonio Pierfederici

(1919–1999) Tonino Pierfederici Filmography as Actor: Romeo and Juliet 1968 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey   Born March 18 1919 La Maddalena (Italia) Died January 6 1999 Roma (Italia) Occupation Actor

Cristo morto sostenuto da un angelo (1475-1476)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Cristo morto sostenuto da un angelo (Dead Christ Supported by an Angel) 1475–1476 Mixed method on panel, 74 x 51 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Antonello da Messina was trained in Naples, the Italian city where the…

Ecce Homo (c.1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) Ecce Homo (Christ Crowned with Thorns) c.1475 Oil and tempera on wood, 42.5 x 30.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York An artist of astonishing originality, Antonello combined a Netherlandish mastery of description with an Italian…

Antonello da Messina

(c.1430–1479) The artist’s works: Crocifissione 1455 Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu Madonna Salting c.1460–1469 National Gallery, London Cristo benedicente c.1465 National Gallery, London Ritratto di giovane c.1470 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ritratto d’uomo c.1472–1476 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Madonna del Rosario 1473 Museo Regionale, Messina Polittico…

Franco Zeffirelli

(1923–2019) Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli, KBE, Grande Ufficiale OMRI Member of the Italian Senate (1994–2001) Filmography as Director: The Taming of the Shrew 1967 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton     Romeo and Juliet 1968 Director: Franco…

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Director: Franco Zeffirelli Producer: John Brabourne, Anthony Havelock-Allan Screenplay: Franco Brusati, Masolino D’Amico, Franco Zeffirelli Based on: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Genre: Romantic, Drama Music: Nino Rota Country: United Kingdom, Italia Language: English Studio: Paramount Pictures Release date:…

Naiade (1815-1823)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Naiade (Naiad) model 1815–1817, carved 1820–1823 Marble, 80 x 190 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Compare: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Naiade 1819–1824 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    

Naiade (1819-1824)

Canova, Antonio & studio (1757-1822) Naiade (Reclining Naiad) 1819–1824 Carrara marble, 88.9 × 190.5 × 82.6 cm, 1160.3 kg Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This is a variant of the Reclining Venus with Cupid, now in Buckingham Palace, which was…