Tag: Napoli

Antonello da Messina

(c.1430–1479) The artist’s works: Crocifissione 1455 Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu Madonna Salting c.1460–1469 National Gallery, London Cristo benedicente c.1465 National Gallery, London Ritratto di giovane c.1470 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ritratto d’uomo c.1472–1476 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Madonna del Rosario 1473 Museo Regionale, Messina Polittico…

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

(1841–1919) The artist’s works: 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s No date Quotes: • Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Quotations See also: • Château de Wargemont (Derchigny) • Les Collettes (Cagnes-sur-Mer) • Maison de Renoir (Essoyes) • Restaurant Fournaise (Chatou) Renoir in Art: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Portrait de Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1867 Musée d’Orsay, Paris…

Eterno Padre e la Vergine (c.1501)

Raffaello (1483-1520) & Evangelista da Pian di Meleto Eterno Padre e la Vergine (God the Father and the Virgin) c.1501 Tempera on panel, 110 x 73 cm Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli This painting is a fragment of the Baronci Altarpiece, seriously damaged during an…

Joseph Bonaparte

(1768–1844) Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, born Giuseppe di Buonaparte Comte de Survilliers King of Spain and the Indies (1808–1813) King of Naples and Sicily (1806–1808) Joseph Bonaparte in Film: Désirée 1954 Director: Henry Koster Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons   Born January 7 1768 Corte,…

Julia Abercromby

(1840–1915) Lady Julia Janet Georgiana, 4th Baroness Abercromby, née Haldane-Duncan Queen Victoria and her ladies-in-waiting (1838) The artist’s works: Queen Victoria (after Heinrich von Angeli) 1883 National Portrait Gallery, London Born January 24 1840 Napoli (Italia) Died December 8 1915 Camperdown…

Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples (c.1551-1553)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples c.1551–1553 Oil on panel, 42.2 x 71.2 cm Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma The extraordinary panel shows the port of Naples, in which a naval battle, probably invented, takes place.…

Martirio di Sant’Orsola (1610)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Martirio di Sant’Orsola (Martyrdom of Saint Ursula) 1610 Oil on canvas, 143 x 180 cm Galleria di Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Napoli According to legend, Saint Ursula traveled with eleven thousand virgins to Cologne, where the chief of the Huns besieging…