Juliet and her nurse by Joseph Mallord William Turner

In May 30, 1980 Juliet and Her Nurse was sell for $6.4 million. It is an oil canvas, exhibited at Royal Academy 1836. This painting was put up for auction in 1980, after passing through 8 previous owners, including Turner himself.

This large plate reproduces one of the most important and influential canvases of Turner's later career.

Exhibited at the Royal Academy early in 1836, 'Juliet and her Nurse' became the subject of a vicious attack by the Reverend John Eagles in an article published in 'Blackwood's Magazine' later in the year. Eagles wrote that the picture was 'a strange jumble', but one of his chief complaints was that Turner should have chosen to set this scene from 'Romeo and Juliet' in Venice rather than Verona.

No doubt Turner's decision to place Shakespeare's famous heroine in Venice was influenced by the romantic atmosphere of the city; in the foreground she is seen musing on her new-found love.
Juliet and her nurse by Joseph Mallord William Turner

Michelangelo famous paintings

Michelangelo was one of the greatest sculptors and painters in Europe. He was also an architect of churches, places and fortress.

Among Michelangelo famous paintings including:

• The Entombment c. 1500 – 1501 
• Doni Tondo (The Holy Family) c. 1503 – 1506 
• The Battle of Cascina 1504 
• Sistine Chapel ceiling 1508–1512. One of the panels of the ceiling is The Creation of Adam 
• The Last Judgment 1534–1541 
• Leda and the Swan c. 1530 
• The Conversion of Saul c. 1542 – 1545 
• The Crucifixion of St. Peter c. 1546 – 1550

The Crucifixion of St. Peter

Frescoes are made by paining on fresh, wet plaster. Michelangelo did most famous fresco in history. Pope Julius II gave his the job of repainting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel with scenes from the Bible. It took years for Michelangelo to finish this masterpiece (1508-1512).
Michelangelo famous paintings

Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton appears in an oil painting of 1702 by Godfrey Kneller. The painting is in the National Portrait Gallery, in London.

This is the earliest portrait of Newton to survive. It was painted when Newton was in London as a member of the Convention Parliament, following the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688. Newton was then 46 years old. Godfrey Kneller, is a prominent portrait painter of his day. This painting shows Newton in 1702 shortly before he became President of the Royal Society.

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was one the greatest scientists of all time. His theory of universal gravitation provided the physical and mathematical basis for our understanding of planetary motions. He was able to show that the force of gravity that draws a falling apple to the ground is the same force that holds the Moon in its orbit about the Earth and the planets in their orbits around the Sun.