Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455) Salomone e la Regina di Saba (Solomon and the Queen of Sheba) 1425–1452 Gilt bronze Battistero di San Giovanni, Firenze This is the tenth panel of the Gates of Paradise, with the story of Solomon and the Queen of…
Fra Angelico (c.1395-1455) Decollazione del Battista e Banchetto di Erode (Beheading of the Baptist and Herod’s Banquet) c.1427–1428 Tempera on poplar, 19.5 x 22 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris
Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Adoration of the Kings 1598 Oil on copper, 33 × 48 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Retrato de Fernando VII (Portrait of Ferdinand VII) c.1814–1815 Oil on canvas, 84 x 63.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid See also: • Fernando VII, King of Spain (1784-1833)
(1784–1833) “El Deseado”, “El rey Felón” King of Spain (1808) King of Spain (1813–1833) Fernando VII in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) La familia de Carlos IV 1800 Museo del Prado, Madrid Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Retrato de Fernando VII c.1814–1815…
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Il cattivo genio di un re (The Evil Genius of a King) 1914–1915 Oil on canvas, 61 x 50.2 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
(1165–1223) King of France (1180–1223) Philippe II Auguste in Film: The Lion in Winter 1968 Director: Anthony Harvey Starring: Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn Born August 21 1165 Paris (France) Died July 14 1223 Mantes (France)
(1166–1216) John Lackland, Jean sans Terre King of England (1199–1216) Lord of Ireland (1177–1216) Count of Poitiers (1199–1204) Duke of Normandy (1199–1204) Duke of Aquitaine (1199–1216) John Lackland in Literature: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): King John (1596) John Lackland in Film: The Lion in…
(1157–1199) Richard the Lionheart, Richard Coeur de Lion Duke of Aquitaine (1168–1199) Count of Poitiers (1169–1196) Duke of Normandy (1189–1199) Count of Anjou (1189–1199) King of England (1189–1199) Richard the Lionheart in Film: The Lion in Winter 1968 Director: Anthony Harvey…
(1133–1189) Henry of Anjou, Henry Plantagenet Henry FitzEmpress, Henry Curtmantle Duke of Normandy (1150–1189) Count of Anjou (1151–1189) Duke of Aquitaine (1152–1189) Count of Poitiers (1156–1189) King of England (1154–1189) Henry II in Art: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund…