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NORMAN LINDSAY 1879-1969 – Boarded, c. 1954 01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #126
NORMAN LINDSAY 1879-1969 Boarded, c. 1954 Watercolour on paper 51.5 x 40 cm Private collection Naval boarding is to come up against, or alongside, an enemy ship to attack by placing combatants aboard the enemy ship. The goal of boarding is to capture, or destroy, the enemy vessel. Larger ships carried specially trained and equipped sailors,…
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Virgin of Mercy 01 Antique Religious Carvings – Sculptures from the Bible, with footnotes, 9
Late 15th century carved wooden figure of the Virgin of Mercy, presumably Central German Detail The crowned Virgin is depicted in contrapposto, wearing a long richly draped gold cloak and holding the nude Christ Child in Her left arm, the right arm would have formerly held a sceptre, which is now lacking. Two angels to…
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Ivory diptych with the Crucifixion 01 Antique Religious Carvings – Ivory Sculptures from the Bible, with footnotes, 8
A late 14th century French carved ivory relief of the Crucifixion A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. From the Middle Ages many panel paintings took the diptych form, as small portable works for personal use; Eastern Orthodox ones may be called “travelling icons”. Although the tryptych form was more…
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Ivory diptych with the Annunciation and the Crucifixion 01 Antique Religious Carvings – Ivory Sculptures from the Bible, with footnotes, 7
Late 14th century French carved ivory diptych with the Annunciation and the Crucifixion A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. From the Middle Ages many panel paintings took the diptych form, as small portable works for personal use; Eastern Orthodox ones may be called “travelling icons”. Although the tryptych form…
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Abraham de Verwer, (1600 – 1650) Sailing Ships in a Bay 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #128
Abraham de Verwer, (1600 – 1650) Sailing Ships in a Bay Oil on canvas 33 x 42 cm Private collection Abraham de Verwer (1585, Haarlem – 1650, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter of cityscapes, (river) landscapes and seascapes. He was also called Abraham de Verweer van Burghstrate. He travelled in northern France and when he…
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House of Venus and Mars/ Ares and Aphrodite 01 Fresco, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, pictorial decoration of the mansions of Pompeii, with footnotes, #10a
House of Venus and Mars/ Ares and Aphrodite Between circa 75 and circa 100 AD Fresco on plaster cm 99 x 90 National Archaeological Museum of Naples Venus and Mars Fresco above shows the Roman gods Venus, goddess of love, and Mars, god of war, in an allegory of beauty and valour. The Fresco was probably intended to…
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03 Carvings, Biblical Carvings & Sculpture With Footnotes 6
A carved wooden crucifix figure without cross Republic of Benin. Late 19th to early 20th century 13 3/4″h x 11″w x 2 1/2″d. Private collection A brass crucifix with multiple figures Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kongo. Late 19th to earch 20th century 11″h x 6 1/4″w x 3/4″d Private collection African crucifixes are the result…
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Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen, Coastal Landscape with a Warship at Anchor 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #127
Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen Coastal Landscape with a Warship at Anchor Oil on panel 49.5 x 84.5 cm Private collection Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen (c. 1576 – 29 December 1633) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He was born and died in Haarlem. He was the son of a Haarlem captain He specialized in paintings depicting ships…
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Auton Nowak, 1865 – 1932, Gdańsk, A Polish Shipyard 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #125
Auton Nowak, 1865 – 1932 Gdańsk, A Polish Shipyard Oil On Canvas 47″H x 37″W Private collection Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast. It is the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland’s principal seaport and the centre of the country’s fourth-largest metropolitan area. The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay off the Baltic…
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George Albert Thompson, Fishing boats 01 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #21c
George Albert Thompson, (1868 – 1938) Fishing boats Oil on canvas 19-1/2 x 23-1/2 in. (49.5 x 59.7 cm.) Private Collection George Albert Thompson, (1868 – 1938), best known for Connecticut landscapes and coastal scenes including atmospheric nocturnes, George Thompson frequently painted around Bridgeport, Mystic, and New Haven. He was an art teacher at the Yale School of Fine…
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Édouard Adam (French, 1847-1929), The ships La Pacicique and Tropique passing at sea 01 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #21c
Édouard Adam (French, 1847-1929) The ships La Pacicique and Tropique passing at sea Oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. (60.9 x 91.4 cm.) Private Collection Édouard Adam (French, 1847-1929) was the name of both a father and son who painted ship’s portraits in the port of Le Havre around the same time. There is much confusion…
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Henry Malfroy, Martigues 01 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #21b
Henry Malfroy ( b. January 15, 1895, in Martinique; died in 1944) Martigues Oil on canvas 60 x 92 cm Private Collection Martigues is a commune northwest of Marseille. It is part of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region on the eastern end of the Canal de Caronte. Nicknamed the “Provençale Venice”, Martigues is a…
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Joaquín Sorolla, 1863 – 1923, SPANISH, RETURN WITH THE CATCH, c. 1908 17 Classic Works of Art by the Old Masters, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #21a
Joaquín Sorolla, 1863 – 1923, SPANISH RETURN WITH THE CATCH, c. 1908 Oil on canvas 25.5 by 37.5cm., 10 by 14½in. Private Collection Painted on El Cabañal beach, Valencia, in 1908, the present work takes up a theme that preoccupied Sorolla like no other: returning fishermen attended by their wives and daughters carrying baskets in which to carry…
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Montague Dawson, British, 1895-1973 Night Suspect (A British Coast Guard Cutter in Pursuit) 01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #125
Montague Dawson, British, 1895-1973 Night Suspect (A British Coast Guard Cutter in Pursuit) Signed Montague Dawson(ll) Oil on canvas 25 x 36 inches (61 x 91.5 cm) Private collection The painting depicts the dramatic chase on a moonlit night by the British Coast Guard, firing a canon at suspected smugglers in the English Channel. More on this…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 10e
Sophie Wilkins Angélique, c. 2011 acrylique 36×40 Private collection Angélique; messenger of God. Sophie Wilkins is an active artist on the Montreal scene. She was born in 1976 , Ste- Barbe, Quebec. Passionate about her art since childhood, she now uses various mediums, either acrylic, oil or coal powder. Painting and the murals are its main fields of action.…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 10d
Sophie Wilkins Solédade, (Our Lady of Solitude?), c. 2011 acrylique 36×40 Private collection Our Lady of Solitude (Spanish: María de la Soledad) is a title of Mary (mother of Jesus) and a special form of Marian devotion practised in Spanish-speaking countries to commemorate the solitude of Mary on Holy Saturday. More on Solédade Sophie Wilkins is an active artist on…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 10c
Tsanko Tsankov, Bulgaria Touch, A Saint? Oil on Canvas Size: 19.7 H x 15.8 W x 0.1 in Private collection Tsanko Tsankov, 1962, born in Sofia and working in Varna,Bulgaria. In 1988 he graduated from the National Academy of Arts, Sofia. The energy store of the artistic paint, the use of the golden gilt as a marking credo…
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