Michelangelo (1475-1564) Battaglia dei centauri (Battle of the Centaurs) 1490–1492 Marble bas-relief, 84.5 x 88 cm Casa Buonarroti, Firenze The earliest mention of the Battle of the Centaurs is to be found in a letter written in…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Madonna della Scala (Madonna of the Stairs) c.1490 Marble bas-relief, 56.7 x 40.1 cm Casa Buonarroti, Firenze The Madonna della scala, or Madonna of the Stairs, of which no mention was made during Michelangelo’s lifetime, was cited for the…
Michelangelo (1475-1564) Pietà 1498–1499 Carrara marble, 174 x 195 cm San Pietro, Vaticano Michelangelo‘s only signature, carved across the Virgin’s sash: “Michael. Agelus. Bonarotus Florent Faciebat”. See also: Turner, Joseph (1775-1851) A Copy of Michelangelo’s Pieta 1827 Tate Britain, London
(1519–1574) Duke of Florence (1537–1569) Grand Duke of Tuscany (1569–1574) Cosimo I de’ Medici in Art: Bronzino (1503-1572) Cosimo I de’ Medici come Orfeo c.1537–1539 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Cosimo I de’ Medici 1537 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg …
(1511–1574) The artist’s works: Ritratto di Lorenzo il Magnifico c.1533–1534 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Tentazioni di San Gerolamo 1541 Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo 1544 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Sei poeti toscani 1544 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Sacra…
Director: Carol Reed Producer: Carol Reed Screenplay: Philip Dunne, Carol Reed Based on: The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone Genre: Historical | Drama Music: Jerry Goldsmith, Alex North Country: United States Language: English Studio: 20th Century Fox Release…
(1923–2008) John Charles Carter or Charlton John Carter Filmography as Actor: The Ten Commandments 1956 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner Ben-Hur 1959 Director: William Wyler Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins El Cid…
Founded: 1798 in The Hague Moved to Amsterdam in 1808 Address: Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands Website: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…
Giuliano della Rovere (1443–1513) Pope Julius II (1503–1513) Julius II in Art: Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di papa Giulio II 1511 National Gallery, London Raffaello (1483-1520) Ritratto di papa Giulio II c.1512 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Works commissioned by him: Raffaello (1483-1520)…
