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1721 In Art
Events from the year 1721 in art. Events *The Ascension Convent in Moscow is renovated by order of Tsar Peter I of Russia. Paintings *Antoine Watteau – ''Pilgrimage to Cythera'' Births * January 17 – Charles Germain de Saint Aubin, draftsman and embroidery designer to King Louis XV (died 1786) * August 10 – Dirk van der Burg, Dutch artist, landscape painter and watercolourist (died 1773) * ''date unknown'' ** Francesco Albotto, Italian painter (died 1757) ** Jean Charles Baquoy, French engraver (died 1777) ** Charles Joseph Flipart, French painter and engraver (died 1797) ** Charles Grignion the Elder, British engraver and draughtsman (died 1810) ** Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni, Italian portrait painter (died 1782) Deaths *April 20 – Louis Laguerre, French decorative painter working in England (born 1663) *July 18 – Antoine Watteau, painter (born 1684) *August 3 – Grinling Gibbons, English master wood carver (born 1648) *September 3 - Benoît Audran the Elder, French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Watteau 035
Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin '' Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana, Madagascar, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda. It is a cognate of the masculine given name Anthony. Similar names include Antaine, Anthoine, Antoan, Antoin, Antton, Antuan, Antwain, Antwan, Antwaun, Antwoine, Antwone, Antwon and Antwuan. Feminine forms include Antonia, Antoinette, and (more rarely) Antionette. As a first name * Antoine Alexandre Barbier (1765–1825), a French librarian and bibliographer * Antoine Arbogast (1759–1803), a French mathematician *Antoine Arnauld (1612–1694), a French theologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Joseph Flipart
Charles-Joseph Flipart (1721–1797) was a French painter and engraver. Life He was born in Paris to Jean-Charles Flipart, also an engraver, and his wife Maria (Boll); Jean-Jacques Flipart was his brother. He was baptized in the parish of Saint-Severin. Initially he trained under his father. He later visited Venice, and studied painting under Tiepolo and Amigoni, and engraving under Joseph Wagner. After staying for some time in Rome he was appointed court painter and engraver by King Ferdinand VI of Spain in 1750. His best plates are the portraits of the King and the Queen of Spain. Some of his paintings are in two of the churches at Madrid, where he died in 1797. References Sources * Further reading *Bouvy, E., ''Les escénes de la vie venitienne de Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi (1702 or November 5, 1701 – May 8, 1785) was a Venetian painter of contemporary genre scenes of life. Biography Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grinling Gibbons
Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and other London churches, Petworth House and other country houses, Trinity College, Oxford, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Gibbons was born to English parents in Holland, where he was educated. His father was a merchant. Gibbons was a member of the Drapers' Company of London; he is widely regarded as the finest wood carver working in England, and the only one whose name is widely known among the general public. Most of his work is in lime (''Tilia'') wood, especially decorative Baroque garlands made up of still-life elements at about life size, made to frame mirrors and decorate the walls of churches and palaces, but he also produced furniture and small relief plaques with figurative scenes. He also worked in stone, mostly for churches. By the time he was established he led a large worksh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 3
Events Pre-1600 * 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna. * 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emperor Theodosius II to a monastery in Egypt. * 881 – Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem ''Ludwigslied''. * 908 – Battle of Eisenach: An invading Hungarian force defeats an East Frankish army under Duke Burchard of Thuringia. * 1031 – Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Grimketel, the English Bishop of Selsey. *1057 – Frederik van Lotharingen elected as first Belgian Pope Stephen IX. * 1342 – The Siege of Algeciras commences during the Spanish Reconquista. *1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. * 1527 – The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1684 In Art
Events from the year 1684 in art. Events * Paintings * Giovanni Antonio Burrini – ''Virgin with Saints Petronius and Dionysus the Areopagite'' * Evert Collier – '' Self-Portrait with a Vanitas Still-life'' * Englebert Fisen – ''The Crucifixion'' (St Bartholomew's Church, Liège) * Aert de Gelder – ''The Jewish Bride (Esther Bedecked)'' * Cornelis Dusart – ''Village Feast'' * Fa Ruozhen – ''Cloudy Mountains'' * Willem van de Velde the Elder – '' The first battle of Schooneveld, 7 June 1673'' (approximate date) Births * January 14 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Dutch painter (died 1745) * April 25 – Marco Benefial, Italian, proto-Neoclassical painter, mainly active in Rome (died 1764) * October 10 – Antoine Watteau, French painter (died 1721) * November 30 – Andreas Møller, Danish portrait painter and pioneer of miniature painting (died 1762) * ''date unknown'' ** Karl Aigen, German painter, master painter/tutor with Daniel Gran in Vienna (died 1762) ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 18
Events Pre-1600 * 477 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army. * 387 BC – Roman- Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome. * 362 – Roman–Persian Wars: Emperor Julian arrives at Antioch with a Roman expeditionary force (60,000 men) and stays there for nine months to launch a campaign against the Persian Empire. * 452 – Sack of Aquileia: After an earlier defeat on the Catalaunian Plains, Attila lays siege to the metropolis of Aquileia and eventually destroys it. * 645 – Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi ( Liaoning) during the Goguryeo–Tang War. *1195 – Battle of Alarcos: Almohad forces defeat the Castilian army of Alfonso VIII and force its retreat to Toledo. *1290 – King Edward I of England issues the Edict of Expulsion, banishi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1663 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1663, art Events from the year 1663 in art. Events * Claude Lorrain completes his last etching, ''The Goatherd''. Paintings * Gerrit Dou – '' The Dropsical Woman'' * Pieter de Hooch **''A Game of Nine Pins'' (approximate date of first version, Waddesdon Manor, England) **''A Woman Peeling Apples'' * Elisabetta Sirani – ''Virgin and Child'' * Jan Vermeer **''Woman Holding a Balance'' **'' Woman Reading a Letter'' **''Young Woman with a Water Jug'' (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) Births *January 20 - Luca Carlevarijs or Carlevaris, Italian painter of landscapes (died 1730) *''date unknown'' **Michelangelo Cerruti, Italian fresco artist (died 1749) **Gennaro Greco, Italian painter, also known as "Il Mascacotta", veduta painter (died 1714) **Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck, Swedish painter (died 1740) **Louis Laguerre, French decorative painter working in England (died 1721) **Nicola Malinconico, Neapolitan painter (died 1721) ** Pierre Drevet, Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Laguerre
Louis Laguerre (1663 – 20 April 1721) was a French decorative painter mainly working in England. Born in Versailles in 1663 and trained at the Paris Academy under Charles Le Brun, he came to England in 1683, where he first worked with Antonio Verrio, and then on his own. He rivalled with Sir James Thornhill in the field of history painting, primarily decorating the great houses of the nobility. His wall paintings can be found in Blenheim Palace, Marlborough House, Petworth House, Burghley House, Fetcham Park House and Chatsworth House. In the 1980s, a restoration project revealed work by Laguerre at Frogmore House also. His subject matter included English victories over the armies of Louis XIV; at Hampton Court Palace he carried out work for William III of England, for whom he depicted the Labours of Hercules. Laguerre painted religious subjects at St Lawrence's Church, Whitchurch, London. In 1731 Alexander Pope wrote, On painted ceilings you devoutly stare Where sprawl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 20
Events Pre-1600 * 1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601–1900 * 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. * 1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet, under heavy fire from the shore, at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. * 1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City). * 1752 – Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57). * 1770 – The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza. * 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord. * 1789 – George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia, while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration. * 1792 – France declares war against the " King of Hunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1782 In Art
Events from the year 1782 in art. Events * Spring – George Romney first paints Emma Hart. * ''The Nightmare'' (1781) by Henry Fuseli is shown at the Royal Academy of London. Works * Antonio Canova - ''Theseus and the Minotaur'' (Victoria and Albert Museum) * John Singleton Copley – ''Midshipman Augustus Brine'' * Anne Seymour Damer – ''Two Sleeping Dogs'' (terracotta original) * Étienne Maurice Falconet – Bronze Horseman (Saint Petersburg) * Thomas Gainsborough ** '' George, Prince of Wales'' ** ''John Hayes St Leger'' ** '' Master Nicholls (The Pink Boy)'' ** '' Girl with Pigs'' * Thomas Jones – '' House in Naples'' and similar oil sketches * Angelica Kauffman – '' Allegory of poetry and music'' * Joseph Lange – Portrait of his sister-in-law Constanze Mozart * Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun – '' Self-portrait in a Straw Hat'' * Charles Willson Peale – '' John Eager Howard in Uniform'' * Sir Joshua Reynolds ** '' Captain George K. H. Coussmaker'' ** ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni
Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni ( Cles in Tyrol, 1721 – Salzburg, 1782) was an Austrian painter who is believed to have painted several portraits of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his family: "The Boy Mozart" (1763), his sister Maria Anna Mozart in "Nannerl as a Child" (1763) and a portrait of their father Leopold Mozart (c. 1765). He arrived in Salzburg, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ... in the 1740s and first wanted to paint Wolfgang and Nannerl. His protégé, Johann Nepomuk della Croce, painted a Mozart family portrait in 1780. File:Wolfgang-amadeus-mozart 2.jpg, "Boy Mozart" File:Leopold Mozart.jpg, Portrait of Leopold Mozart File:Maria Anna Mozart (Lorenzoni).jpg, "Nannerl as a child" References Austrian portrait painters 18th-century Austrian pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1810 In Art
Events in the year 1810 in Art. Events * Four members of the Vienna ''Lukasbund'' (Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Franz Pforr, Ludwig Vogel and Johann Konrad Hottinger) move to Rome where they occupy the abandoned monastery of San Isidoro and join with others to form the Nazarene movement. * Dominique Vivant Denon assists the Hermitage Museum in the acquisition of Rosso Fiorentino's ''Madonna and Child with Cherubs'' in Paris. Works *William Blake – '' A Vision of the Last Judgment'' (lost) *Jacques-Louis David – '' The Distribution of the Eagle Standards'' *Louis Ducis – Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte with his Nephews and Nieces on the Terrace at Saint-Cloud' *Caspar David Friedrich – '' The Abbey in the Oakwood'' *François Gérard **''The Battle of Austerlitz'' **''Portrait of Portrait of Camillo Borghrse'' **'' Portrait of Désirée Clary'' *Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson – '' The Revolt in Cairo, 21 October 1798'' *Francisco Goya – ''The Disasters of War'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
