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Adoration of the Magi (c.1494)

Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) Adoration of the Magi c.1494 Oil on oak panel, 147.4 x 168.6 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Closed: The theme of this triptych is the advent of salvation -a message about the universality of Redemption. The Eucharistic meaning…

Lucrezia Buti

(1435-?) Lucrezia Buti in Art: Lippi, Filippo (1406-1469) Madonna col Bambino e due angeli c.1460–1465 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze   Born 1435 Firenze (Italia) Died 16th Century Husband Filippo Lippi (1406-1469) Son Filippino Lippi (1457-1504) Occupation Art Model

Desco da parto (c.1423)

Masaccio (1401-1428) Desco da parto (Birth plate) c.1423 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 66 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the 15th century, it was customary in Florence to give families a so-called birth plate or desco da parto after the birth of…

Les Grands Boulevards (1875)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Grands Boulevards (The Grands Boulevards) 1875 Oil on canvas, 52.1 × 63.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Perhaps Renoir‘s most famous view of Paris is this archetypical image of its newest and most fashionable district in…

Katharina von Bora

(1499–1552) Katharina von Bora in Film: Luther 2003 Director: Eric Till Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina   Born January 29 1499 Lippendorf, Saxony (Germany) Died December 20 1552 Torgau, Saxony (Germany) Husband Martin Luther (1483-1546)