(c.1399–1464) Rogier van der Weyden or Roger de la Pasture The artist’s works: The Virgin and Child enthroned c.1433 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Madonna Durán 1435–1438 Museo del Prado, Madrid Portrait of a Young Woman c.1435–1440 British Museum, London The Magdalen Reading c.1435 National…
(1564–1642) Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei Works: • Discourse on Floating Bodies (English) • The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei (English) Galileo in Art: Sustermans, Justus (1597-1681) Ritratto di Galileo Galilei 1635 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Born February…
(1875–1937) Joseph Maurice Ravel Works: • Boléro (1928) • Concerto pour la main gauche (1932) • Concerto pour piano en sol majeur (1932) • Daphnis et Chloé (1909-12) • Gaspard de la nuit (1908) • L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (1925)…
(1838–1875) Alexandre César Léopold Bizet Works: • Carmen (1875) Born October 25 1838 Paris (France) Died June 3 1875 Bougival (France) Cause of death Heart attack Buried Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Occupation Composer Musician Pianist Award Prix de Rome (1857) Title Chevalier…
Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) La dernière prière des martyrs chrétiens (The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer) 1883 Oil on canvas, 87.9 x 150.1 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore William T. Walters commissioned this painting in 1863, but the artist did not deliver it until…
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Triomphe romain (Roman Triumph) 1889 Etching on paper, 28.3 x 39.8 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
(1431–1503) Roderic Llançol de Borja, Rodrigo Borgia Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503) Alexander VI in Art: Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente c.1480 National Gallery, London Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Jacopo Pesaro presentato a san Pietro da papa Alessandro VI 1506–1510 Koninklijk Museum…
Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Incontro dei pellegrini col Papa (The Meeting of the Pilgrims with the Pope) c.1492 Oil on canvas, 279 x 305 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia This is the sixth of nine paintings in the cycle of the Legend of St.…
(c.1460-c.1526) The artist’s works: Arrivo a Colonia 1490 Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Meditazione sulla passione c.1490 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Apoteosi di sant’Orsola e delle sue compagne 1491 Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Incontro dei pellegrini col Papa c.1492 Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Martirio dei pellegrini…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Coriolano convinto dalla sua famiglia a risparmiare Roma (Coriolanus persuaded by his Family to spare Rome) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.7 x 125.7 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco, was part of a…