Landing of Columbus - Architect of the Capitol
In this painting, Christopher Columbus and members of his crew are shown on a beach in the West Indies, the first landfall of their expedition to find a westward route from Europe to China, Japan and perhaps unknown lands.
Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about …
Whether this portrait actually depicts Christopher Columbus is debatable, but from the time it was first engraved around 1590 it became the authoritative likeness of the explorer who launched the Spanish crown’s violent colonization of the Americas.
Christopher Columbus (Painting) | Monticello
Discover why Jefferson sought to acquire a painting of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.
Category : Paintings of Christopher Columbus
2022年12月22日 · Media in category "Paintings of Christopher Columbus" The following 61 files are in this category, out of 61 total.
The first landing of Christopher Columbus in America
According to a very personal interpretation of the painter, the scene represents the first expedition of Christopher Columbus to the Indies (1451/1456? –Valladolid, 1506), and his arrival at Guanahani island on 12 October 1492, which he baptised with the name of San Salvador.
The Landing of Columbus by Vanderlyn - World History …
2022年5月31日 · An 1847 painting by John Vanderlyn showing the landing of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506 CE) in the West Indies in 1492. As an adelantado, Columbus was representing the Spanish Crown, hence he holds a banner showing the Spanish coats of arms.
Christopher Columbus in the Convent of La Rábida Explaining His ...
This is an imagined portrait of Christopher Columbus in 1491. He died more than 300 years before this oil painting was created. It depicts Columbus planning his voyage to open new trade routes to East Asia and India. The portrait commemorates his stay at La Rábida Monastery.
Landing of Columbus, by John Vanderlyn (1775–1852)
2020年5月27日 · In this painting, the American artist John Vanderlyn re-creates the landing of the explorer, Christopher Columbus, in the so-called New World. The adventurer had set sail from the Canary Islands around early September in 1492, with the backing of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, and his expedition made landfall on one of the Bahamian islands in ...
The Return of Christopher Columbus – Works - Toledo Museum of Art
The painting represents a celebratory view of Columbus as triumphant explorer, his patrons, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, rising to receive him and his crew. In reality, during his four sojourns in the Americas, Columbus and his men committed atrocities on the Taíno, Arawak, and other Indigenous peoples, enslaving them, torturing them ...
Christopher Columbus Before the Council of Salamanca
The painting was one of a group of six that Leutze executed inspired by Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America. For this scene he took inspiration at the work of the American writer and historian Washington Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1828; vol. I, book II, chapter 3).