Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida (Cold Venus) 1614 Oil on panel, 143 x 184 x 3.8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The title refers to Terence: “sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (“without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes”)…
(c.195 BC-c.159 BC) Publius Terentius Afer Works: • The Comedies of Terence (English) Codex Vaticanus Latinus (9th century) with the portrait of Terence. Terence in Art: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida 1614 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Born c.195…
(c.69 AD-after 122 AD) Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus Works: • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete (English) • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 1: Julius Caesar (English) • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 2: Augustus (English)…
(1577–1640) Sir Peter Paul Rubens The artist’s works: Portrait of a Man 1597 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Lamentation over the Dead Christ 1601–1602 Galleria Borghese, Roma Venus and Cupid c.1606–1611 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Portrait of a Young Woman with a Rosary…
Carthage in Art: Turner, Joseph (1775-1851) Dido building Carthage 1815 National Gallery, London Births: • Terence (c.195 BC-c.159 BC) See also: • Cities | Tunisia