Tommaso Inghirami

The painting, Tommaso Inghirami, 1470-1516 age 46 which I have as a framed prints in my home of both The Vision of a Knight, also called The Dream of Scipio or Allegory, is a small egg tempera painting on poplar … Continue reading →

Raffaello Sanzio

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino known as Raphael (B) 1483, Urbino, Italy (D) 1520, Rome, Italy age 37 of a feverand was buried in the Pantheon. Raphael’s funeral was extremely grand, attended by large crowds. He was an Italian painter and … Continue reading →

The Palace of Fontainebleau or Château de Fontainebleau

The Palace of Fontainebleau or Château de Fontainebleau, During the late French Renaissance, the decoration of the Palace of Fontainebleau engaged some of the finest artists and craftsmen from Italy and France, including The style of painting and decoration they … Continue reading →

Claude Monet

My only merit lies in having painted directly in front of nature, seeking to render my impressions of the most fleeting effects, and I still very much regret having caused the naming of a group whose majority had nothing impressionist … Continue reading →

Raphael

Living in Florence from 1504 to 1507, he began painting a series of “Madonnas.” In Rome from 1509 to 1511, he painted the Stanza della Segnatura (“Room of the Signatura”) frescoes located in the Palace of the Vatican Some of … Continue reading →

The first chateau

The first chateau was built under the direction of Governor Charles Huault de Montmagny in 1648 but by the 1680s it was in a state of disrepair Second chateau “Castle of St. Lewis”, as it was then called, before its … Continue reading →