Tag: Roma

Antonio Pierfederici

(1919–1999) Tonino Pierfederici Filmography as Actor: Romeo and Juliet 1968 Director: Franco Zeffirelli Starring: Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey   Born March 18 1919 La Maddalena (Italia) Died January 6 1999 Roma (Italia) Occupation Actor

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