Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Allegoria della castità (Allegory of Chastity) c.1505 Oil on panel, 42.9 x 33.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This small panel by Lotto can be dated to early in his career because of stylistic similarities to Allegory of…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) L’angelo della fama (The Angel of Fame) c.1750 Fresco, mounted on canvas, 198.1 x 330.8 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo e Dafne (Apollo and Daphne) 1741 Oil on canvas, 96 x 79 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Compare: Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne c.1755–1760 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD): The Metamorphoses (English)
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne (Apollo Pursuing Daphne) c.1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 87 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Throughout his career Tiepolo painted small pictures of mythological themes, which proved extremely popular. The subjects of these works…
(1928–2002) James Harrison Coburn III Filmography as Actor: Charade 1963 Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn Born August 31 1928 Laurel, NE (USA) Died November 18 2002 Beverly Hills, CA (USA) Cause of death Heart Failure Occupation Actor Awards Academy Award…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (An Allegory with Venus and Cupid) c.1545 Oil on wood, 146.1 x 116.2 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Bronzino’s most complex and enigmatic paintings. It contains a tangle of moral…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Laura 1506 Canvas on (old) spruce wood, 41 × 33.6 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The young lady in a red, fur-lined coat, named after the laurel (lauro) that entails her, is, with the exception of the “Vanitas” in…
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Ritratto di Ginevra de’ Benci (Portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci) c.1474–1478 Oil on panel 38.1 x 37 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This square portrait shows the head and shoulders of a young woman in front…
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Apollo e Dafne (Apollo and Daphne) 1622–1625 Carrara marble, h. 243 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Apollo here is depicted in the act of running, with his right foot touching the ground and his left raised; the garment…
