(1552–1614) The artist’s works: Autoritratto alla spinetta 1577 Accademia di San Luca, Roma Autoritratto c.1577 Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi c.1577 Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Autoritratto allo scrittoio 1579 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Ritratto di nobildonna c.1580 National…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 Oil on oak, 82.2 x 60 cm National Gallery, London This must be one of the most famous paintings in the world, and one of the most intriguing.…
(1479–1542) Monna Lisa Lisa del Giocondo, née Gherardini Lisa Gherardini in Art: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La Gioconda 1503–1506 Musée du Louvre, Paris Warhol, Andy (1928-1987) Four Mona Lisas 1978 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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
(c.1400-after 1452) Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini in Art: Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife 1434 National Gallery, London Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a man c.1438–1440 Gemäldegalerie, Berlin See also: • Merchants | Van…
(1475–1521) Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici Pope Leo X (1513–1521) Leo X in Art: Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto del Cardinale Bibbiena c.1516 Galleria Palatina, Firenze Works commissioned by him: Raffaello (1483-1520) Consegna delle chiavi del Regno c.1515–1516 Victoria and Albert Museum, London …