Tag: Italia

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…

La Gioconda (Monna Lisa)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La Gioconda (Monna Lisa) c.1503–1506 Oil on poplar, 79.4 x 53.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris A false identity problem It is only since the 20th century that certain historians, but more often amateurs in search of recognition,…

El Greco

(1541–1614) Doménikos Theotokópoulos Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος The artist’s works: Adoración del Nombre de Jesús late 1570s National Gallery, London Cristo expulsando a los mercaderes del templo c.1570–1575 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Pietà Early 1570s Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Retrato de un hombre 1570–1575…

San Giovanni Battista (1508-1519)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) San Giovanni Battista (St John the Baptist) c.1508–1519 Oil on walnut panel, 72.9 x 56.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This painting was probably designed around 1508 and kept by Leonardo da Vinci until his death, to slowly…

San Giovanni nel deserto (1517-1520)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) & Workshop San Giovanni nel deserto, Bacco (St John in the Wilderness, Bacchus) c.1517–1520 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 177 x 115 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris We do not know the circumstances of the creation of…