Italian Renaissance sculptor to the Kings and Queens of England (that's his bust of King Henry VII above)
Arguably the greatest artist who ever lived, part of the Holy Trinity of Italian Renaissance masters
The baroque master of chiaroscuro, turning the dance of darkness and light into story and character
One of the greatest painters of the early Renaissance was nothing if not a man of his times
In that paragon of travel documentaries, National Lampoon's European Vacation, there is a scene in which Ellen Griswold (Beverly D'Angelo) forgets to lock the door on the shared bathroom in their London hotel. A man comes in to brush his teeth and is pleasantly surprised when Ellen—washcloth over face and believing the man to be her hubby, Clark—calls to him from the bathtub to join her. Shock and hilarity ensue. The accidental intruder was played by none of ther than Robbie Coltrane, 16 years before he embodied Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.