(1474–1539) Marchesa di Mantova Isabella d’Este in Art: Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria del Vizio c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris Correggio (c.1489-1534) Allegoria della Virtù c.1531 Musée du Louvre, Paris Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Isabella d’Este 1499–1500 Musée du Louvre, Paris Mantegna,…
(1769–1821) First Consul of the French Republic (1799–1804) Emperor of the French (1804–1815) President of the Italian Republic (1802–1805) King of Italy (1805–1814) Napoléon in Literature: • Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950): The Man of Destiny (1898) Napoléon in Art: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Busto di Napoleone c.1802…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Vergine delle rocce (Virgin of the Rocks) c.1491–1499 and 1506–1508 Oil on poplar, thinned and cradled, 189.5 x 120 cm National Gallery, London Full title: The Virgin with the Infant Saint John the Baptist adoring the Christ Child…
(236 BC–183 BC) Consul of Rome (205 BC, 194 BC) Scipio Africanus in Art: Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Continenza di Scipione after 1506 National Gallery of Art, Washington Raffaello (1483-1520) Il sogno del cavaliere c.1504 National Gallery, London Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792) Continence of Scipio…
(509 BC–27 BC) Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (236 BC–183 BC) (205 BC, 194 BC) Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) (63 BC) See also: • Roma (Italia) | Roman Republic (509 BC-27 BC)
(1436–1521) Doge della Repubblica di Venezia (1501–1521) Leonardo Loredan in Art: Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Doge Leonardo Loredan 1501–1502 National Gallery, London Born November 16 1436 Venezia (Italia) Died June 21 1521 Venezia (Italia) Occupation Doge
• Faliero, Marino (1274-1355) • Loredan, Leonardo (1436-1521) • Loredan, Pietro (1482-1570) • Mocenigo, Alvise I (1507–1577) See also: • Venezia (Italia)
(?-1483) Giovanni Emo in Art: Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Ritratto di condottiero 1475–1480 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Condottieri
(70 BC–19 BC) Publius Vergilius Maro Works: • Aeneidos (Latin) ◊ The Aeneid (English) • Eclogae (Latin) ◊ The Bucolics and Eclogues (English) • Georgicon (Latin) ◊ The Georgics (English) Quotes: • Virgil: Quotations Virgil in Art: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Enea, Anchise e Ascanio 1619 Galleria Borghese, Roma…
(1265–1321) Works: • De Monarchia (English) • Divina Commedia (Italian) ◊ Divine Comedy (English, Cary’s Translation) ◊ Divine Comedy (English, Longfellow’s Translation) • Il Convito (The Banquet) (English) • La Vita Nuova (The New Life) (English, Rossetti’s Translation) Quotes: • Dante Alighieri: Quotations Dante…