(1796–1847) Francesco Antonio Giuseppe Maria Zolla Works: • Barrage Zola (Le Tholonet) Émile Zola and his parents (c.1845) Émile Zola and his father François Zola. Émile Zola in Art: Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Le Barrage de François Zola c.1879 National Museum Wales, Cardiff…
Tag: military
Il rispetto (c.1575)
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Luís de Camões
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
(1741–1803) Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos Works: • Les liaisons dangereuses (French) ◊ Dangerous Connections (English) Filmography as Writer: Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich Born October 18 1741 Amiens (France) Died November 5 1803 Taranto (Italia)…
Charles XIV John (Sweden)
(1763–1844) Karl XIV Johan, born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte King of Sweden and Norway (1818–1844) Bernadotte in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons Born January 26 1763 Pau (France) Died March 8 1844 Stockholm (Sweden) Wife Désirée Clary (1777-1860) Son Oscar I of…
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
(1769–1852) Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, FRS Prime Minister of Great Britain The Duke of Wellington in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Lord Wellesley s.d. National Museum Wales, Cardiff Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Green Park, London 1870 or 1871 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia…
Thomas Picton
Napoléon I (France)
(1769–1821) First Consul of the French Republic (1799–1804) Emperor of the French (1804–1815) President of the Italian Republic (1802–1805) King of Italy (1805–1814) Napoléon in Literature: • Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950): The Man of Destiny (1898) Napoléon in Art: Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Busto di Napoleone c.1802…