1762 In Art
Events from the year 1762 in art. Events * Trevi Fountain in Rome is completed after thirty years of work, with Nicola Salvi's design being modified by Giovanni Paolo Panini. * The art collection of Joseph Smith (1682–1770), Joseph Smith, former British Consul (representative), consul in Venice, including many works by Canaletto, is sold to King George III of Great Britain for the Royal Collection. * James Stuart (1713–1788), James Stuart and Nicholas Revett's ''Antiquities of Athens'' is published. * Horace Walpole begins publication of ''Anecdotes of Painting in England'', based on George Vertue's manuscript notes. Paintings *Thomas Davies (British Army officer), Thomas Davies – ''An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara'' *François-Hubert Drouais – '':File:Франсуа Гюбер Друэ младший. Портрет князя Д.М.Голицына.jpg, Portrait of Dmitry Mikhaylovich Golitsyn'' *Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Nathaniel Hone – Portrait of Lie ...
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Trevi Fountain
The Trevi Fountain ( it, Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others. Standing high and wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world. The fountain has appeared in several films, including ''Roman Holiday'' (1953); '' Three Coins in the Fountain'' (1954); Federico Fellini's classic, ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960); ''Sabrina Goes to Rome'' (1998); and ''The Lizzie McGuire Movie'' (2003). History before 1629 The fountain, at the junction of three roads (), marks the terminal point of the "modern" —the revived , one of the aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome. In 19 BCE, supposedly with the help of a virgin, Roman technicians located a source of pure water some from the city. (This scene is presented on the present fountain's façade.) However, the eventual indirect route of the ...
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Eberhard Wächter (painter)
Eberhard Wächter may refer to: * Eberhard Georg Friedrich von Wächter (1762–1852), German painter *Eberhard Wächter (baritone) Eberhard Freiherr von Waechter (9 July 1929 – 29 March 1992) was an Austrian baritone celebrated for his performances in the operas of Mozart, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. After retiring from singing, he became intendant of the Vie ...

February 29
February 29, also known as leap day or leap year day, is a date added to leap years. A leap day is added in various solar calendars (calendars based on the Earth's revolution around the Sun), including the Gregorian calendar standard in most of the world. Lunisolar calendars (whose months are based on the phases of the Moon) instead add a leap or intercalary month. It is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian calendar, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is also the last day of February on leap years. It is also the last day of meteorological winter in Northern Hemisphere and the last day of meteorological summer in the Southern Hemisphere on leap years. Events Pre-1600 *1504 – Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies. 1601–1900 * 1644 – Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage begins as he leaves Batavia in command of three ships. *1704 – In Queen ...
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