# azurlane twombly edwinparker onthisday raffaellosanzio raphael italianrenaissance giomisweek2k21 williamturner romanticism frescofriday dido februabba bruabba februabba2k21 folklorethursday

The Fondation Custodia has acquired a 'View of the Quirinal' by Edgar Degas. During his stay in Italy between 1856 and 1859, the artist made a number of small oil sketches of sights in Naples and in and around Rome. https://t.co/IjBjjwXbSV

6 36
2021-04-19

There was another famous Sibyl I bumped into once,the Sibyl of Cumae, near Naples, as consulted by Aeneas, referenced by Ovid and Petronius. Painted by Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)(1581-1641), and Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel (sometimes I wonder how much M liked women😏)

8 15
2021-04-07

Born & died in 1483 & 1520: Italian painter & architect da Urbino

Portrait of Doña Isabel de Requesens (1500-1577) as vice empress of Naples, ca. 1518

1 1
2021-04-06

Aside from the cinema, is eating sugar a valid Hobby?
🍦🔫🐞🍦

(this is an actual cinema in Naples)

5 19
2021-04-04

"Arbor foliis pinnatis Spica fericea Alp. Vipera nigra"(Mark Catesby)
"Vipera Ferro Di Lancia - Vipera lanceolata" (from the "Atlante Zoologico Popolare" published in Naples (1863) by Giovanni Boschi)
https://t.co/f2J2eDUoel

1 1
2021-03-17

La mort de Cèsar or The Death of Julius Caesar is an 1806 painting by Vincenzo Camuccin. Since 1864 it has lived in National Museum of Capodimonte in Naples.

40 155
2021-03-15

Melodies for the good night et pour le souvenir d'une nuit romantique en Italie sous le ciel de Naples

🎼Lucienne Delyle - LUNA ROSSA

'And the red moon tells me about you
I ask her if you are waiting for me .... '

https://t.co/fSt8kjh4ps

🖌️Aivazovsky 'The Bay of Naples' 1492

73 208
2021-03-09

Undine Giving the Ring to Massaniello, Fisherman of Naples, 1846 https://t.co/zOIKF1wQ7S

10 53
2021-03-08

Demeter Peplophoros ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ ΠΕΠΛΟΦΟΡΟΣ (peplos-long garment, phoros-to wear) Discovered 1997 in ancient city of Herculaneum, near Campania, Italy. Dated 1st CE BC. Greek goddess of agriculture. Aniquarium of Boscoreale, Naples.

11 10
2021-03-01

A last for the morning, with this awesome panel of Dido from the House of Meleager, Pompeii (VI.9.2). Dido is seated on her throne, with an attendant personification of Africa, as Aeneas' ship departs.

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8898)

39 200
2021-02-12

Bruno takes Abbacchio back to his home in Naples for day 6 of - Date! 🎣🐟

6 36
2021-02-07

Un tour des élégances européennes en 1827 ?
Voici les «Costumes des femmes de Hambourg, du Tyrol, de la Hollande, de la Suisse, de la Franconie, de l’Espagne, du Royaume de Naples etc.» dessins de Lanté, gravés par Gatine. (Il y a aussi des dessins d’Horace Vernet en fait) ⤵️

51 184
2021-02-06

Costumes of the Commedia d'Arte of Naples (secondary characters). Nobody really knows the origin of the characters, and it could be very ancient.

9 43
2021-01-21

Happy New Years artists! Share with us one piece of art that encompasses your plans or feelings for 2021.

Image: Sunrise over Naples, Thomas Dessoulavy, 1862

0 1
2021-01-02

and one more time for some of my girls
Naples, Eumala, and Korina

tho your more than welcome aim comments at any of my girls not shown but please tell me who

1 3
2021-01-01

Lamentation of Christ

Empathetic representation of the Lamentation of Christ by the Baroque Master Giaquinto of Naples, https://t.co/MCWXywrxyc

0 0
2020-12-26