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 …
(1884–1920) Amedeo Clemente Modigliani The artist’s works: Tête 1911–1912 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Cariatide c.1913–1915 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Diego Rivera 1914 Private collection Beatrice Hastings 1915 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Beatrice Hastings before a door 1915 Private collection…