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World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. The World Animal Day movement is supported and endorsed by a number of celebrities, such as Anneka Svenska , Brian Blessed and Melanie C .
Francesco Albani or Albano (17 March or 17 August 1578 – 4 October 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter of Albanian origin who was active in Bologna (1591–1600; 1609; 1610; 1618–1622), Rome (1600–1609; 1610–1617; 1623–1625), Viterbo (1609–1610), Mantua (1621–1622) and Florence (1633).
Pages in category "1621 in Europe" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1621 papal conclave; B.
May 30 – June 24 – Huguenot rebellions: Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély – Royal victory. June – Huguenot rebellions: Blockade of La Rochelle begins. August – Huguenot rebellions: Siege of Montauban – Louis XIII besieges the Huguenot city of Montauban but is forced to abandon his siege two months later.
Saints Dominic and Francis Saving the World from Christ's Anger is an oil on canvas painting by Peter Paul Rubens, executed in 1620, now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon. It is linked to his similar work The Virgin Mary and Saint Francis Saving the World from Christ's Anger (Brussels).
St Francis is a 1659 oil painting of Francis of Assisi by the Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán. It was the only work by the artist known in France before the 19th century. It was the only work by the artist known in France before the 19th century.
Saint Francis of Assisi at Prayer; Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy (Caravaggio) Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis de Paul, and Saint Peter penitent; Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (Giotto) Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (Gentile da Fabriano) Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (van Eyck) Saint Francis with the Blood of Christ
Giotto used the Legenda Maior, the biography of Saint Francis by Saint Bonaventure (1266) to reconstruct the major events in the life of Saint Francis. The prototype for this cycle may have been the (now lost) Saint Francis cycle by Pietro Cavallini in the church San Francesco a Ripa in Rome. The paintings are as vivid as if Giotto had been a ...