Tag: October 21

Pietro Aretino

(1492–1556) Works: • Angelica (Italian) • Il divino Pietro Aretino a lo Imperadore ne la morte del Duca d’Urbino (Italian) • Il primo libro delle lettere (Italian) • Il secondo libro delle lettere (Italian) • La Cortigiana (Italian) • Dubbj…

Carrie Fisher

(1956–2016) Carrie Frances Fisher Filmography as Actress: Appointment with Death 1988 Director: Michael Winner Starring: Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall     When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan   Born October 21 1956 Beverly…

Corvina van Hofdyck

(1602–1667) Corvina van Hofdyck in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Woman 1632 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born August 22 1602 Sommelsdijk (Netherlands) Died October 21 1667 Delft (Netherlands) Husband Cornelis van Beresteyn (1586-1638)

Portrait of a Man (1433)

Van Eyck, Jan (c.1390-1441) Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) 1433 Oil on oak, 26 x 19 cm National Gallery, London This man, his face impassive and his gaze intense, is almost certainly Jan van Eyck himself. No other portraits of…

October 21

Births: • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) • Fisher, Carrie (1956-2016) Deaths: • Aretino, Pietro (1492-1556) • Hofdyck, Corvina van (1602-1667) • Truffaut, François (1932-1984)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

(1772–1834) Works: • A Day with Samuel Taylor Coleridge (English, as Contributor) • Aids to Reflection (English) • Ancient Mariner and Select Poems (English) • Anima Poetæ (English) • Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1 (English) • Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 2 (English) •…