Author: Zaidan Art Blog
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11 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 13
The Hon John Collier, (British, 1850-1934) Mrs Dalahaye Oil on canvas 131 x 84cm (51 9/16 x 33 1/16in) Private collection Ina De La Haye, neé Fedosia Merkel, was a Russian born actress and singer. Born in St, Petersburg in 1906, Fedosia and her younger brother Ilya fled Russia following the Revolution. By 1921 she…
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14 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 10
Jan van Beers, (1852-1927) Souvenance, c. 1877 Oil paint on canvas 21 x 27 cm Private Collection Jean Marie Constantin Joseph “Jan” van Beers (27 March 1852 – 17 November 1927) was a Belgian painter and illustrator, the son of the poet Jan van Beers. They are sometimes referred to as Jan van Beers the…
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14 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 12
Adam de Coster, MECHELEN, 1585/6 – 1643 ANTWERP A YOUNG WOMAN HOLDING A DISTAFF BEFORE A LIT CANDLE oil on canvas 52 3/4 by 37 3/8 in.; 134 by 94.9 cm. Private Collection Adam de Coster (c. 1586 in Mechelen – 4 May 1643 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter who was a prominent member…
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11 Paintings, Olympian deities in classical Hellenic Mythology, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #9
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828-1882 PANDORA, c. 1869 Model: Jane Burden Morris Faringdon Collection Trust, Buxted Park The Titan Prometheus was once assigned the task of creating the race of man. He afterwards grew displeased with the mean lot imposed on them by the gods and so stole fire from heaven. Zeus was angered and commanded…
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10 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #22
WILLIAM FORMBY HALSALL, (American, 1841-1919) ON THE HIGH SEAS Oil on canvas 30 x 62 in., frame: 45 x 77 in. Private collection William Formby Halsall (born 1841) was a marine painter born in Kirkdale, England. He lived at Provincetown, Massachusetts and died as a US citizen in 1919. Halsall was educated in Boston, Massachusetts and…
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11 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 39
Antonio Badile, VERONA 1518-1560 SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON Oil on canvas 104 1/8 by 59 in.; 264.3 by 149.7 cm. Private Collection Saint George (circa 275/281 – 23 April 303 AD) was a soldier in the Roman army who later became venerated as a Christian martyr. His parents were Christians of Greek background; his father…
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13 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 37
Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Botticelli, and Studio, FLORENCE 1445 – 1510 THE MADONNA AND CHILD WITH SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST oil on panel, a tondo diameter: 34 1/4 in.; 87 cm. This tondo by Sandro Botticelli likely dates to the second half of the 1480s, when the artist had returned to Florence from Rome. The…
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13 Icons from the Bible, with footnotes, #9
Giovanni da Milano (Italian, born Lombardy, active Florence 1346–69) Madonna and Child with Donors, ca. 1365 Tempera on wood, gold ground 27 1/8 x 56 3/4 in. (68.9 x 144.1 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Although from Milan, Giovanni was primarily active in Florence, where the refined naturalism of his figures was influential.…
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12 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 30
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