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Sir Arthur Evans

(1851–1941) Sir Arthur John Evans, FRS Works: • Anthropology and the Classics (English) Born July 8 1851 Nash Mills (England) Died July 11 1941 Youlbury (England) Occupation Archaeologist Journalist Writer Award Fellow of the Royal Society Title Knight Bachelor (1911)

Vincenzo Bellini

(1801–1835) Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini Works: • Il pirata (1827) • La sonnambula (1831) • Norma (1833) • I puritani (1835) Born November 3 1801 Catania (Italia) Died September 23 1835 Puteaux (France) Buried (1835-1876) Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Buried…

Eugène Delacroix (1858)

Nadar (1820-1910) Eugène Delacroix 1858 Albumen carte-de-visite, 84 mm x 55 mm National Portrait Gallery, London See also: • Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863)

Une rue à Marly (1876)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Une rue à Marly (A Street in Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim See also: • Marly-le-Roi (France)

Ludovico Ariosto (c.1510)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ludovico Ariosto (or Gerolamo (?) Barbarigo) c.1510 Oil on canvas, 81.2 x 66.3 cm National Gallery, London Titian painted portraits more frequently than any other type of picture and he painted them throughout his long career. This is one of…

Charity (c.1627-1628)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Charity c.1627–1628 Oil on oak, 148.2 x 107.5 cm National Gallery, London In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul outlines the importance of faith, hope and charity, naming charity as the greatest of the three.…

Sir Anthony van Dyck

(1599–1641) Antoon van Dyck Anthonie Vandyke The artist’s works: Portrait of a Married Couple c.1617–1618 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Betrayal of Christ c.1618–1620 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna c.1618–1620 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest The Betrayal…

Trionfo della Castità e Amore sconfitto (c.1509)

Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Trionfo della Castità e Amore sconfitto (Triumph of Chastity: Love Disarmed and Bound) c.1509 Fresco, detached and mounted on canvas, 125.7 x 133.4 cm National Gallery, London This picture, painted in fresco (directly onto wet plaster), was part…