Tag: soldier

L’exécution de l’empereur Maximilien (1868-1869)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’exécution de l’empereur Maximilien (The Execution of Emperor Maximilian) 1868–1869 Oil on canvas, 252 x 302 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Photograph of the execution of Maximilian (right) Miramón (center) and Mejía (left). Photograph of the Mexican firing squad that…

Jésus insulté par les soldats (1865)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Jésus insulté par les soldats (Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers) 1865 Oil on canvas, 190.8 × 148.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For this monumental painting, Édouard Manet depicted Jesus Christ at the end of his life,…

Soldiers

• Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1516) • Choderlos de Laclos, Pierre (1741-1803) • Manrique, Jorge (c.1440-1479) • Sallust (86 BC-34/35 BC) • Vecellio, Gregorio (?-1538) • Vega, Garcilaso de la (1503-1536)

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

(1741–1803) Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos Works: • Les liaisons dangereuses (French) ◊ Dangerous Connections (English) Filmography as Writer: Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich   Born October 18 1741 Amiens (France) Died November 5 1803 Taranto (Italia)…

La partie de cartes (1917)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) La partie de cartes (Soldiers Playing cards) 1917 Oil on canvas, 129.5 × 194.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Cylinder Fernand Léger begins working in a cubist style under the influence of Cézanne and later Picasso and Braque. However,…

La Tempesta (c.1503-1509)

Giorgione (c.1477-1510) La Tempesta (The Tempest) c.1503–1509 Oil on canvas, 73 x 82 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia Attested as part of Gabriele Vendramin’s collection by Marcantonio Michiel in 1530 and later in the sixteenth and seventeenth-century family inventories, The Tempest…

Le jeune soldat (c.1880)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le jeune soldat (The Young Soldier) c.1880 Oil on canvas 54.93 x 33.02 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington