Tag: Italia

Continenza di Scipione (after 1506)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Continenza di Scipione (Episode from the Life of Publius Cornelius Scipio) after 1506 Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 356.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius (236-183 BC)

Ritratto di condottiero (Giovanni Emo)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Ritratto di condottiero (Giovanni Emo) 1475–1480 Oil on panel transferred to canvas mounted on panel, 48.9 x 34.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Shown from the chest up against a black background, a man with peachy skin wears…

Bacco fanciullo (1505-1510)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Bacco fanciullo (The Infant Bacchus) 1505–1510 Oil on panel transferred to panel, 50.1 x 39 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington

Il festino degli dei (1514)

Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Il festino degli dei (The Feast of the Gods) 1514 Oil on canvas, 170 x 188 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Six women, eight men, two satyrs, and one child gather in pairs and trios in a…

Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples (c.1551-1553)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples c.1551–1553 Oil on panel, 42.2 x 71.2 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The extraordinary panel shows the port of Naples, in which a naval battle, probably invented, takes place.…

Fillide Melandroni

(1581–1618) Fillide Melandroni in Art: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Fillide Melandroni c.1597, destroyed in 1945 Bode Museum, Berlin     Caravaggio (1571-1610) Marta e Maria Maddalena c.1598 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit     Caravaggio (1571-1610) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria c.1598–1599 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid     Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giuditta e Oloferne…

Guillaume Apollinaire

(1880–1918) Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Aleksander Apolinary Kostrowicki Works: • Alcools (1913) • L’hérésiarque et Cie (1910) • L’oeuvre du divin Arétin (1910) • Les trois Don Juan (1914) • (Méditations esthétiques) Les Peintres cubistes (1913) Quotes: • Guillaume Apollinaire: Quotations Apollinaire in Art: Derain, André (1880-1954) Le chevalier…

Isabella d’Este (1499-1500)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Isabella d’Este 1499–1500 Black and red chalk, yellow pastel chalk on paper, 63 x 46.5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Portrait of Isabella d’Este executed by Leonardo da Vinci during his visit to Mantua, after leaving…