When he died 200 years ago today, he was honoured with burial in Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London. Not bad for an American painter.
Category Archive: Painting
A commission for ten cartoons from which tapestries were to be made. These were to be hung along the walls of the chapel, telling the lives of Sts Peter and Paul.
As Agramante looks for a way out, Orlando leads an assault on the city of Biserta, which destroys it. But what plan is Agramante hatching against Orlando?
Paintings of the hippogriff from Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, and some other winged horses from Puvis de Chavannes, Moreau, and ER Hughes.
From Mantegna and dancing Muses, through Rubens and Rochegrosse with the legend of Perseus, to a portrait by Odilon Redon.
Famous for his distinctive paintings of straight lines and evenly-coloured rectangles, his early works rushed through the evolution achieved over more than a century, and were thoroughly representational.
Claimed to have had a constellation of major artists paint for her, what is the truth?What impact did she have on the Renaissance?
Eight large frescoes in a style which assimilated what Raphael saw in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, and an arch of sibyls.
A Saracen solution backfires badly, forcing the invading forces to sail back to North Africa. What they’re not expecting is an enemy fleet. And Orlando recovers his wits at last.
His last chance to establish ‘modern’ history painting, with the Napoleonic Wars and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson.
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