(1498–1526) Lodovico de’ Medici Born April 6 1498 Forlì (Italia) Died November 30 1526 Mantova (Italia) Cause of death Sepsis Wife Maria Salviati (1499-1543) Son Cosimo I de’ Medici (1519-1574) Granddaughter Bia de’ Medici (c.1537-1542) Daughter-in-law Eleonora di Toledo…
(1522–1562) Leonor Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio Duchess of Firenze (1539–1562) Eleonora di Toledo in Art: Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo c.1543 Národní galerie v Praze, Prague Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo col figlio c.1545–1550 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit…
(1929–1993) Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston Filmography as Actress: Roman Holiday 1953 Director: William Wyler Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck Sabrina 1954 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn War and Peace 1956 Director: King Vidor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry…
Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga 1787–1788 Oil on canvas, 127 x 101.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Outfitted in a splendid red costume, the son of the count and countess of Altamira is shown between…
Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) Ritratto di nobildonna (Portrait of a Noblewoman) c.1580 Oil on canvas, 114.3 x 88.9 cm National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington Marriage Portrait of a Bolognese Noblewoman (Livia de’ Medici Bandini?) illustrates Lavinia Fontana’s ability to…
Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of Baudouin de Lannoy c.1435 Oil on oak, 26.6 x 19.5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin The middle-aged, male subject of this portrait is depicted as a half-figure who turns towards the left and is presented in front of…
(1479–1542) Monna Lisa Lisa del Giocondo, née Gherardini Lisa Gherardini in Art: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La Gioconda 1503–1506 Musée du Louvre, Paris Warhol, Andy (1928-1987) Four Mona Lisas 1978 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
(1473–1536) Cecilia Gallerani in Art: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La dama con l’ermellino c.1490 Muzeum Czartoryskich, Kraków
(1784–1792) Manuel Osorio de Zúñiga in Art: Goya, Francisco de (1746-1828) Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga 1787–1788 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) La Gioconda (Monna Lisa) c.1503–1506 Oil on poplar, 79.4 x 53.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris A false identity problem It is only since the 20th century that certain historians, but more often amateurs in search of recognition,…