Tag: leopard

The Garden of Eden (c.1610-1612)

Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Garden of Eden c.1610–1612 Oil on panel, 59.4 x 95.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen Brueghel was born into a famous dynasty of artists and, together with Rubens, he was generally regarded as…

Bacco e Arianna (1520-1523)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Bacco e Arianna (Bacchus and Ariadne) 1520–1523 Oil on canvas, 176.5 x 191 cm National Gallery, London Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne is one of the finest and most famous paintings in the National Gallery. The Cretan princess Ariadne has…

Allegoria della Giustizia (early 1680s)

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Allegoria della Giustizia (Allegory of Justice) early 1680s Oil on canvas, 99.9 × 96 cm National Gallery, London This modello, or detailed oil study, is one of a group of 12 that Giordano made in preparation for the ceiling frescoes…

Dante running from the Three Beasts (1824-1827)

Blake, William (1757-1827) Dante running from the Three Beasts 1824–1827 Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, 37.3 × 52.8 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno I, 1-90) See also:…

Il Gattopardo (1963)

English title: The Leopard Director: Luchino Visconti Producer: Goffredo Lombardo, Pietro Notarianni Screenplay: Suso Cecchi d’Amico, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Luchino Visconti Based on: Il Gattopardo by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Genre: Drama Music: Nino Rota Country:…