Tag: history

This painting shows the bombing during the Spanish Civil War by Nazi Germany on 26 April 1937 in support of the Francisco Franco's Nationalists. This event has entered military history as the first-ever aerial bombarbment of a city.As the painter insisted it wasn't to be exhibited in Spain until democracy has been established in the country, the painting didn't "go home" until 1981.Name the painting and the painter?

This painter was commissioned to paint the wife of a florentine merchant named Francesco del Giocondo, the husband did not like the finished painting and refused to pay for it.It is said that King Francis I of France, who was greatly interested in art , bought it ten years later to hang in his palace bathroom.Name the painting and the painter?