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Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery (1532-1535)

Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery 1532–1535 Oil and gold on parchment, laid down on linden, diameter 9.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Holbein painted this small roundel about 1532–35, after his…

Thelma Ritter

(1902–1969) Filmography as Actress: All About Eve 1950 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter     Rear Window 1954 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly   Born February 14 1902 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died February 4…

Whit Bissell

(1909–1996) Whitner Nutting Bissell Filmography as Actor: The Time Machine 1960 Director: George Pal Starring: Rod Taylor, Alan Young     Airport 1970 Director: George Seaton Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin   Born October 25 1909 New York, NY (USA)…

Peter Falk

(1927–2011) Peter Michael Falk Filmography as Actor: Murder by Death 1976 Director: Robert Moore Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote   Born September 16 1927 New York, NY (USA) Died June 23 2011 Beverly Hills, CA (USA) Cause of death Pneumonia Alzheimer’s…

Robert Moore

(1927–1984) Filmography as Director: Murder by Death 1976 Director: Robert Moore Starring: Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote   Born February 1 1927 Detroit, MI (USA) Died May 10 1984 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Pneumonia Occupation Actor Film Director

Ritratto d’uomo (1550s)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto d’uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1550s Oil on canvas, 112.7 x 88.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York One of Tintoretto’s finest formal portraits, this painting depicts an unknown sitter now believed to be a…

Ritratto di giovane nobile (1551)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ritratto di giovane nobile (Portrait of a young nobleman) 1551 Oil on canvas, 138.4 x 106.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This impressive and engaging portrait of a young nobleman, possibly a member of the…

Il Ritrovamento di Mosè (1560s?)

Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Il Ritrovamento di Mosè (The Finding of Moses) 1560s? Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 134 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The biblical story of the Finding of Moses was popular in Venice. Tintoretto gives it…