Tag: Italia

Consuls of the Roman Republic

(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)

Leonardo Loredan

(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

Dogi

• Faliero, Marino (1274-1355) • Loredan, Leonardo (1436-1521) • Loredan, Pietro (1482-1570) • Mocenigo, Alvise I (1507–1577) See also: • Venezia (Italia)

Giovanni Emo

(?-1483) Giovanni Emo in Art: Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Ritratto di condottiero 1475–1480 National Gallery of Art, Washington     See also: • Condottieri

Virgil

(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…

Dante Alighieri

(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…

Saint Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía

(1510–1572) Francisco de Borja y Aragón 4th Duke of Gandía Saint Francis Borgia in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) San Francisco de Borja y el moribundo impenitente 1788 Catedral de Santa María, Valencia     Feast: • October 3 | October 10…

Albrecht Dürer

(1471–1528) The artist’s works: Die Drahtziehmühle c.1489 Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin Portrait of Barbara Dürer, née Holper 1490 Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Albrecht Dürer the Elder 1490 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Christ as the Man of Sorrows c.1492–1493 Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe Self-Portrait Holding a Thistle…

Lucca (Italia)

Lucca in art: Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Lucca Madonna 1436 Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main     Museums: • Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi: Via Galli Tassi, 43, 55100 Lucca Births: • Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805) • Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) See also: • Cities | Italia

Niccolò Albergati

(1373–1443) Niccolò Albergati in Art: Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati c.1435 Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden     Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Cardinal Niccolò Albergati c.1438 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna     See also: • Cardinals | Diplomats