20 Works, December 12th. is Karl Bryullov’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #248

Brulloff Karl (1799 – 1852)
Juliet Tittoni as Jeanna D’Ark, c. 1850-1852
Oil on canvas
Tittoni family private collection

Having become close in Italy with the Tittoni family, Bryullov created portraits of almost his entire family, and in 1852 he painted a portrait of Juliet Tittoni.

Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (12 December 1799–11 June 1852), original name Charles Bruleau, also transliterated Briullov and Briuloff, was a Russian painter. He is regarded as a key figure in transition from the Russian neoclassicism to romanticism…

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20 Works, December 12th. is Karl Bryullov’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #248

Brulloff Karl (1799 – 1852)
Juliet Tittoni as Jeanna D’Ark, c. 1850-1852
Oil on canvas
Tittoni family private collection

Having become close in Italy with the Tittoni family, Bryullov created portraits of almost his entire family, and in 1852 he painted a portrait of Juliet Tittoni.

Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (12 December 1799–11 June 1852), original name Charles Bruleau, also transliterated Briullov and Briuloff, was a Russian painter. He is regarded as a key figure in transition from the Russian neoclassicism to romanticism…

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26 Works, December 11th. is Johann Michael Rottmayr’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #247

Johann Franz Michael Rottmayr (Austrian, 1654–1730)
Venus and Adonis
Oil on Canvas
95 x 197 cm. (37.4 x 77.6 in.)
Private collection

Venus and Adonis is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare’s first publication.

The poem tells the story of Venus, the goddess of Love; of her unrequited love; and of her attempted seduction of Adonis, an extremely handsome young man, who would rather go hunting. The poem is pastoral, and at times erotic, comic and tragic. It contains discourses on the nature of love, and observations of nature. More on Venus and Adonis

Johann Michael Rottmayr (11 December 1656–25 October 1730) was the first native-born Austrian painter of the 18th century to achieve preeminence over the Italians, thus beginning the great century of Austrian baroque painting.

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