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Showing posts with label Titian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Titian. Show all posts
20 April 2020

Pietro Aretino – writer

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Satirist was both admired and feared by the nobility Pietro Aretino, captured by his friend, the Venetian painter Titian in around 154...
10 July 2019

Caterina Cornaro – Queen of Cyprus

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Monarch lived out her last years in 'sweet idleness' Titian's portrait of Caterina Cornaro, painted in around 1452 The l...
13 February 2019

Isabella d’Este – Marchioness of Mantua

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‘The First Lady of the world’ Titian's portrait of Isabella d'Este, housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Isabella ...
12 January 2019

John Singer Sargent - painter

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Celebrated portraitist had lifelong love for Italy John Singer Sargent, photographed in 1903 by James E Purdy The painter John Singe...
30 November 2017

Veronica Gambara – writer and stateswoman

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Politically astute poet wrote an ode to Emperor Charles V Veronica Gambara, as portrayed by Antonio Allegri, known as Il Correggio ...
10 August 2017

Ippolito de' Medici – Lord of Florence

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Brief life of a Cardinal, soldier and patron of the arts Ippolito de' Medici, as portrayed by Titian between 1532 and 1534, in ...
23 February 2017

Gentile Bellini - Renaissance painter

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Bellini family were Venice's leading 15th century artists A self-portrait of Gentile Bellini which he is thought to have drawn in...
8 February 2017

Guercino - Bolognese master

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Self-taught artist amassed fortune from his work Guercino - a self-portrait from about 1624-26, which is part of a private collection ...
11 January 2017

Galeazzo Ciano - ill-fated Fascist politician

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The son-in-law Mussolini had shot as a traitor Galeazzo Ciano, pictured at his ministerial desk at the Palazzo Chigi in 1937 Galeazz...