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The Cupid and part of the relief. Sacred and Profane Love (Italian: Amor Sacro e Amor Profano) is an oil painting by Titian, probably painted in 1514, early in his career. The painting is presumed to have been commissioned by Niccolò Aurelio, a secretary to the Venetian Council of Ten, whose coat of arms appears on the sarcophagus or fountain ...
The Victory of Sacred Love over Profane Love is a marble relief by Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy. The patron of the relief is unknown. [1] However, the oeuvre's stucco copy came into the possession of Cardinal Bernardino Spada (1594 – 1661) [2] early on. [3] The original marble relief is currently housed at the Galleria Doria Pamphilj ...
Late Mannerist, Baroque. Drawing of Saint Catherine, Carried up to Heaven by Angels, c. 1625. Giovanni Baglione (Italian: [d͡ʒoˈvan.ni baʎˈʎoː.ne]; 1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. Although a prolific painter, Baglione is best remembered for his encyclopedic collection ...
Amor sacro e Amor profano, Galleria Borghese (Italian) Sacred and Profane Love, Web Gallery of Art (English) Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur PID: 0001141690 ; Bpk-ID: 70316036 ; Artstor artwork ID: 13609979 ; Smartify artwork ID: titian-sacred-and-profane-love ; Utpictura18 artwork ID: 14192 ; Zeri image ID: 43527
The Kingdom of Ndongo, 1515-1671, (formerly known as Angola or Dongo, also Kimbundu: Utuminu ua Ndongo, Utuminu ua Ngola) was an early-modern African state located in the highlands between the Lukala and Kwanza Rivers, in what is now Angola.
The earliest surviving record of the Sacred Band by name was in 324 BC, in the oration Against Demosthenes by the Athenian logographer Dinarchus.He mentions the Sacred Band as being led by the general Pelopidas and, alongside Epaminondas who commanded the army of Thebes (Boeotia), were responsible for the defeat of the Spartans at the decisive Battle of Leuctra (371 BC).
The Reliquary of the Santo Corporale (Holy Corporal) of Bolsena is a medieval artwork made by Sienese goldsmith Ugolino di Vieri in 1337-1338. [1] The reliquary is made of gold-plated silver and enamel and is c.139 cm high. The reliquary was recently transferred to the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo di Orvieto (MODO or Museum of the Works of the ...
Renaissance art. Renaissance art (1350 – 1620 [1]) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occurred in philosophy, literature, music, science, and technology. [2]