Tag: London

Andrew Cruickshank

(1907–1988) Andrew John Maxton Cruickshank Filmography as Actor: El Cid 1961 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren   Born December 25 1907 Aberdeen (Scotland) Died April 29 1988 London (England) Occupation Actor

Douglas Wilmer

(1920–2016) Filmography as Actor: El Cid 1961 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren   Born January 8 1920 London (England) Died March 31 2016 Ipswich (England) Cause of death Pneumonia Occupation Actor

John Fraser

(1931–2020) Filmography as Actor: The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960 Director: Ken Hughes Starring: Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell     El Cid 1961 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren     Isadora 1968 Director: Karel Reisz Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, John Fraser   Born March…

Herbert Lom

(1917–2012) Filmography as Actor: War and Peace 1956 Director: King Vidor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda     Spartacus 1960 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier     El Cid 1961 Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren   Born September 11 1917…

Madonna e Bambino con santi (c.1540)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Madonna e Bambino con santi (The Madonna and Child with Saints) c.1540 Oil on wood, 101.6 x 81.3 cm National Gallery, London Elderly Saint Elizabeth looks down over the Virgin Mary’s shoulder at her son Saint John the…

Ritratto di giovane uomo (1550-1555)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) 1550–1555 Oil on wood, 75 x 57.5 cm National Gallery, London It has previously been thought that this portrait may represent one of the elder sons of Duke Cosimo…

Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (c.1545)

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…

Il Tramonto (1506-1510)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Il Tramonto (The Sunset) 1506–1510 Oil on canvas, 73.3 cm x 91.4 cm National Gallery, London The meaning of this scene, which takes place in a rocky landscape at sunset or sunrise, is difficult to decipher, largely because…

St Paul’s Cathedral (London)

Groundbreaking: 1675 Consecrated: 1697 Completed: 1710 Address: St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom Website: https://www.stpauls.co.uk/ St Paul’s in Art: Derain, André (1880-1954) La Cathédrale Saint-Paul vue de la Tamise 1906 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis     See…