He got his start in music when he founded Roc-A-Fella Records in 1996 and released his own album, 'Reasonable Doubt,' to tremendous critical praise (per CNBC). Shawn Corey Carter, aka Jay-Z, was born on December 4, 1969.

The painting depicts the Horatii swearing their loyalty, ready to sacrifice themselves for Rome, while the women are prostrate with grief. Beyonc and Jay-Z are two people who truly need no introduction, but allow us to walk you through one just in case. It is believed to date from the 2nd century BC, created as a commemoration of a naval battle.ĭavid's first royal commission, in 1784, shunned the mythological for a subject of sober historical significance - in particular, stoicism and patriotism - focusing on the end of the war between Rome and Alba, in which both cities chose champions to fight, the Horatii and Curiatii respectively. Sur Lemonade, Beyoncé fait tomber Jay-Z de son piédestal, alors que leur histoire damour était lobjet de son tout premier single solo, Crazy In Love (2003). Rather, da Vinci appears to have held on to the work until his death, after which it passed into the François I's collection.Ī depiction of the goddess Nike, the personification of victory, the statue once stood at the prow of a marble ship, as part of an ornamental fountain on the island Samothrace. However, it seems the portrait never made it into its subject's possession. The mysterious subject at the centre of the portrait is believed to be the wife of a Florentine cloth merchant named Francesco del Giocondo notably, none of her garments indicate aristocratic status.

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