(1768–1844) Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, born Giuseppe di Buonaparte Comte de Survilliers King of Spain and the Indies (1808–1813) King of Naples and Sicily (1806–1808) Joseph Bonaparte in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born January 7 1768 Corte,…
(1840–1915) Lady Julia Janet Georgiana, 4th Baroness Abercromby, née Haldane-Duncan Queen Victoria and her ladies-in-waiting (1838) The artist’s works: Queen Victoria (after Heinrich von Angeli) 1883 National Portrait Gallery, London Born January 24 1840 Napoli (Italia) Died December 8 1915 Camperdown…
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…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Concerto (Concert) c.1510 Oil on canvas, 86.5 x 123.5 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Flora c.1517 Oil on canvas, 79.7 x 63.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze A young woman emerges from the brown background of the painting, holding out a bouquet of spring flowers, consisting of violets, rosebuds and jasmine. She is dressed…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) c.1562 Oil on canvas, 86 x 65 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian painted his first self-portrait before leaving for Rome in 1545. However, it was after his Roman stay that he showed the most interest in disseminating…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Amor sacro e amor profano (Sacred and Profane Love) 1515–1516 Oil on canvas, 118 x 278 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This work was probably sold to Scipione Borghese in 1608 by Cardinal Paolo Emilio Sfondrati. A veritable interpretative enigma, critics…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Venere di Urbino (Venus of Urbino) 1538 Oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This is one of Titian’s most famous works and it depicts the emblematic figure of a young bride about to be dressed…
(c.1488–1576) Tiziano Vecellio di Gregorio The artist’s works: Adorazione dei Magi 1500s Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Adorazione di Gesù Bambino c.1506 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Jacopo Pesaro presentato a san Pietro da papa Alessandro VI 1506–1510 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Ragazzo che monda un frutto (Boy peeling a fruit) c.1592–1593 Oil on canvas, 63 x 53 cm Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace, London Caravaggio was probably the most influential painter of the early seventeenth century. This may be his…