Tag: Roma

Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (1804-1808)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix) 1804–1808 Carrara marble, 160 x 92 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Portrayed by Antonio Canova in the guise Venus victorious in the Judgement of Paris, Pauline Borghese…

Raffaello Sanzio

(1483–1520) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino The artist’s works: Resurrezione di Cristo 1499–1502 Museu de Arte, São Paulo Angelo, Pala Baronci 1500–1501 Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, Brescia Angelo che tiene un filatterio 1500–1501 Musée du Louvre, Paris Eterno Padre e la Vergine…

Il sogno del cavaliere (c.1504)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Il sogno del cavaliere (Vision of a Knight) c.1504 Oil on poplar, 17.1 x 17.3 cm National Gallery, London This painting was inspired by a passage in the Punica, an epic poem by Silius Italicus (AD 25–101) recounting the…

La Fornarina (c.1520)

Raffaello (1483-1520) La Fornarina (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1520 Oil on panel, 87 x 63 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The subject of this portrait, according to tradition, was Raphael’s inspirational muse and mistress: Margherita Luti, the daughter of a baker in…

Dama con liocorno (c.1505-1506)

Raffaello (1483-1520) La dama col liocorno (Lady with a Unicorn) c.1505–1506 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 67 x 56 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma The young woman depicted is a Florentine girl, as can be seen from the precious fashionable dress of…

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

(1732–1806) Jean-Honoré Nicolas Fragonard The artist’s works: Le Concours musical c.1749–1752 Wallace Collection, London La Bascule c.1750–1752 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid La Bergère c.1750–1752 Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Le Colin-Maillard c.1750–1752 Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Les amants heureux c.1751–1755 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Psyché montrant…

Prix de Rome

• Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) • Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) • Boucher, François (1703-1770) • Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) • David, Jacques-Louis (1748-1825) • Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) • Delibes, Léo (1836-1891) • Fragonard, Jean-Honoré (1732-1806) • Gounod, Charles (1818-1893) • Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) • Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) •…

Luciano Salce

(1922–1989) Filmography as Director: L’anatra all’arancia 1975 Director: Luciano Salce Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Monica Vitti   Born September 25 1922 Roma (Italia) Died December 17 1989 Roma (Italia) Cause of death Heart Failure Occupation Actor Film director

Monica Vitti

(1931–2022) Maria Luisa “Marisa” Ceciarelli Filmography as Actress: C’eravamo tanto amati 1974 Director: Ettore Scola Starring: Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman     Le fantôme de la liberté 1974 Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Adriana Asti, Adolfo Celi     L’anatra all’arancia 1975 Director: Luciano…