Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) & Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Adorazione dei Magi (Adoration of the Kings) c.1470 Tempera on wood, 50.2 x 135.9 cm National Gallery, London Images showing the Adoration of the Kings were particularly important in Florence, where the citizens celebrated Epiphany…
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of Henry VIII of England c.1537 Oil on panel, 28 x 20 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portraiture was the most popular genre in sixteenth-century England, and indeed one of the few available to artists following the…
(1494–1547) François d’Orléans François d’Angoulême Count of Angoulême Duke of Valois King of France (1515–1547) François I in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) François 1er reçoit les derniers soupirs de Léonard 1818 Petit Palais, Paris Works commissioned by him: Andrea…
Napoléon I (1769–1821) First Consul of the French Republic (1799–1804) Emperor of the French (1804–1815) President of the Italian Republic (1802–1805) King of Italy (1805–1814) See also: • Italia | Monarchs
(1768–1844) Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, born Giuseppe di Buonaparte Comte de Survilliers King of Spain and the Indies (1808–1813) King of Naples and Sicily (1806–1808) Joseph Bonaparte in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born January 7 1768 Corte,…
(1763–1844) Karl XIV Johan, born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte King of Sweden and Norway (1818–1844) Bernadotte in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born January 26 1763 Pau (France) Died March 8 1844 Stockholm (Sweden) Wife Désirée Clary (1777-1860) Son Oscar I of…
(1755–1824) Louis Stanislas Xavier Louis le Désiré King of France (1814–1824) Louis XVIII in Film: Waterloo 1970 Director: Sergei Bondarchuk Starring: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer See also: • French Monarchs Born November 17 1755 Château de Versailles, Versailles (France) Died September 16 1824…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Las Meninas, o La familia de Felipe IV (Las meninas or The Family of Philip IV) 1656 Oil on canvas, 320.5 x 281.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of Velázquez‘s largest paintings and among…
(1201?-1252) Saint Ferdinand, San Fernando King of Castile (1217–1252) King of León (1230–1252) King of Galicia (1230–1252) Saint Ferdinand III of Castile in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Aparición de San Isidoro al Rey Fernando el Santo 1798–1800 Museo de Bellas Artes, Buenos…
Fernando III de Castilla y León (1201?-1252) King of Castile (1217–1252) King of León (1230–1252) King of Galicia (1230–1252) See also: • Monarchs