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,…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Sant’Anna, la Vergine e il Bambino con l’agnellino (Virgin and Child with St Anne) c.1503–1519 Oil on poplar, 168 x 130 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This painting was started around 1503 at least, in Florence, then was…
(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…
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…
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…
(1474–1539) Marchesa di Mantova Isabella d’Este in Art: Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Allegoria sacra c.1490–1500 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze 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…
(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…
(1763–1808) Mariana Fernanda Waldstein 9th Marquise of Santa Cruz Mariana Waldstein in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Mariana Waldstein 1797–1799 Musée du Louvre, Paris
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…