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George Augustus Moore

(1852–1933) Works: • The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story (English) • Celibates (English) • Confessions of a Young Man (English) • Esther Waters (English) • Evelyn Innes (English) • The Lake (English) • Memoirs of My Dead Life (English) •…

Judith Gautier

(1845–1917) Louise Charlotte Ernestine Gautier Works: • En chine (French) • La fille du ciel (French) ◊ The Daughter of Heaven (English) • Le collier des jours (French) • Le Dragon Impérial (French) • Le livre de Jade (French) ◊ The Book of…

Catulle Mendès

(1841–1909) Catulle Mendès in Art: Renoir, Auguste (1841-1919) Les Filles de Catulle Mendès 1888 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Born May 22 1841 Bordeaux (France) Died February 7 1909 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Cause of death Railway accident Buried Cimetière du Montparnasse…

Giorgio Vasari

(1511–1574) The artist’s works: Ritratto di Lorenzo il Magnifico c.1533–1534 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Tentazioni di San Gerolamo 1541 Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Cristo in casa di Simone il fariseo 1544 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Sei poeti toscani 1544 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Sacra…

Ephraim Bueno

(1599–1665) Ephraim Ezechiel Bueno Ephraim Bueno in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Ephraim Bueno 1645–1647 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam   Occupation Physician Poet Occupation Translator Writer

Debbie Reynolds

(1932–2016) Mary Frances “Debbie” Reynolds Filmography as Actress: Singin’ in the Rain 1952 Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen Starring: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds     The Bodyguard 1992 Director: Mick Jackson Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston   Born April 1…

Jeremias de Decker

(1609–1666) Jeremias de Decker in Art: Rembrandt (1606-1669) Jeremias de Decker 1666 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg   Born 1609 Dordrecht (Netherlands) Died 1666 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Occupation Poet Writer

Govert Bidloo

(1649–1713) Govert Bidloo or Govard Bidloo Works: Anatomia Humani Corporis 1690 National Library of Medicine, Bethesda     Born March 12 1649 Amsterdam (Netherlands) Died March 30 1713 Leiden (Netherlands) Occupation Anatomist Physician Occupation Playwright Poet Writer

Gérard de Lairesse

(1641–1711) The artist’s works: The Institution of the Eucharist 1664–1665 Musée du Louvre, Paris Venus Giving Arms to Aeneas 1668 Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp Aeneas and the Sibyl c.1670 National Gallery of Art, Washington Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus c.1670…

Homer

(fl.9th or 8th century BC) Ὅμηρος Works: • Ιλιάδα (Greek) ◊ L’Iliade (French) ◊ The Iliad (English) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Α (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Β (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Γ (Greek) • Ομήρου Οδύσσεια Τόμος Δ (Greek) ◊ L’Odyssée (French) ◊ The Odyssey (English) Homer…