(1474–1539) Marchesa di Mantova Isabella d’Este in Art: 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 Vinci (1452-1519) Isabella d’Este 1499–1500 Musée du Louvre, Paris Mantegna,…
(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) Giovanni de’ Medici in Film: The Agony and the Ecstasy 1965 Director: Carol Reed Starring: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison Luther 2003 Director: Eric Till Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina Family: • Lorenzo I…
(1884–1920) Amedeo Clemente Modigliani The artist’s works: Tête 1911–1912 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 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 Buste…
(1478–1529) Baldassare Castiglione in Art: Raffaello (1483-1520) Baldassarre Castiglione 1514–1515 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Diplomats | Humanists | Poets | Writers
(1513–1570) Daniele Matteo Alvise Barbaro Daniele Barbaro of Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Daniele Barbaro 1545 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Daniele Barbaro c.1545 Museo del Prado, Madrid Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ritratto di Daniele Barbaro 1556–1562 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Occupation Ambassador…
(1500–1540) 5th Marquess of Mantua (1519–1530) 1st Duke of Mantua (1530–1540) Federico II in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Federico II Gonzaga 1529 Museo del Prado, Madrid Born May 17 1500 Mantova (Italia) Died August 28 1540 Marmirolo (Italia) Mother Isabella d’Este, Marchesa di…