Tag: Knight

Retrato de Francisco I de Este (1638)

Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato de Francisco I de Este (Portrait of Duke Francesco I d’Este) 1638 Oil on canvas, 68 x 51 cm Galleria Estense, Modena In 1638 Duke Francesco I d’Este undertook a diplomatic trip to the court of King Philip…

Francesco I d’Este

(1610–1658) Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) Francesco I in Art: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Busto del Duca Francesco I d’Este 1650–1651 Galleria Estense, Modena     Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Retrato de Francisco I de Este 1638 Galleria Estense, Modena    …

G.K. Chesterton

(1874–1936) Gilbert Keith Chesterton Works: • A Chesterton Calendar (English) • A Miscellany of Men (English) • A Short History of England (English) • Alarms and Discursions (English) • All Things Considered (English) • Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works…

Knight, Death and the Devil (1513)

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Knight, Death and the Devil 1513 Burin engraving, 24.6 x 19 cm Petit Palais, Paris Compare: Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Knight, Death and the Devil 1513 National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne    

Giovane cavaliere in un paesaggio (c.1505)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Giovane cavaliere in un paesaggio (Young Knight in a Landscape) c.1505 Oil on canvas, 218.5 x 151.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The canvas, signed and dated by Carpaccio on a cartellino to the right of the figure, was…

Sir Arthur Evans

(1851–1941) Sir Arthur John Evans, FRS Works: • Anthropology and the Classics (English) Born July 8 1851 Nash Mills (England) Died July 11 1941 Youlbury (England) Occupation Archaeologist Journalist Writer Award Fellow of the Royal Society Title Knight Bachelor (1911)

Christoph Willibald Gluck

(1714–1787) Works: • Alceste (1767) • Iphigénie en Aulide (1774) • Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) • Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) • Paride ed Elena (1770) Born July 2 1714 Erasbach, city of Berching (Germany) Died November 15 1787 Vienna (Austria) Cause…

Vincenzo Bellini

(1801–1835) Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini Works: • Il pirata (1827) • La sonnambula (1831) • Norma (1833) • I puritani (1835) Born November 3 1801 Catania (Italia) Died September 23 1835 Puteaux (France) Buried (1835-1876) Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Buried…