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01 Work, The Art of War, Charles Meynier’s Allegory of war, with footnotes
Sold for €20,625 EUR in June 2022 This door top comes from Madame Mère’s Palazzo Rinuccini in Rome. Charles Meynier (1763 or 1768, Paris – 1832, Paris) was a French painter… Read more
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Andrea Vaccaro’s Sant ‘Agata, With Footnotes – 123
Saint Agatha of Sicily (231 AD – 251 AD) is a Christian saint and virgin martyr. Agatha was born at Catania or Palermo, Sicily, and she was martyred in approximately 251.… Read more
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Henri Adrien Tanoux, with footnotes, 80
Henri Adrien Tanoux ( Marseille , 18 October as as 1865 – Paris , 1923 ) was a French painter. He dedicated himself to landscapes , nudes and oriental scenes .He studied at… Read more
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01 Marine Art, Marius de JONGERE, With Footnotes, #305
Ponape was a four-masted steel–hulled barque which was built in 1903 in Italy as Regina Elena for an Italian owner. In 1911 she was sold to Germany and renamed Ponape. In… Read more
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11 Works, November 22st. is Consuelo Fould’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #239
Consuelo Fould, born November 22, 1862, in Cologne (Germany), arrived in France in 1864, with her parents, Valérie Simonin and Gustave Fould. She trained very young with her mother, a… Read more
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16 Works, October 15th. is Juan Bautista Maíno’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #223
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and… Read more
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12 Works, September 20th. is Julius Exter’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #207
Musa is such a passionate dancer that when she is not praying she is dancing, she is even dancing prayers. When she is dancing a prayer to the Holy Virgin,… Read more
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11 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #28
Pierre Bonnard , French, 1867 – 1947 The Port Of Cannes, Le Port de Cannes, c. 1926 – 1927 Oil, canvas Private Collection Cannes is a city located on the… Read more
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12 Paintings of the Canals of Venice in the 18 & 19th Century, by the artists of the time, with foot notes. #5
Richard Price, (British, born 1962) April Day in Venice Oil on canvas 51 x 61cm (20 1/16 x 24in). Private Collection The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known… Read more
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12 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 30
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01 painting, The amorous game, Otto Aguiar’s Miami Beach, With Footnotes, #87
The son of a highly respected Brazilian general, Otto de Souza Aguiar graduated with honors and was awarded a Master’s Degree in Graphic Art and Drawing from the University of Fine Arts… Read more
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Manuel Álvarez Bravo’s Fruta prohibida/ Forbidden Fruit, with footnotes # 170
Manuel Álvarez Bravo was a teenager when he first picked up a camera and began taking pictures, before he enrolled in night classes in painting at the Academia San Carlos, in… Read more
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18 Works, March 23rd. is artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #81
Myths of creation occur in Mesopotamian and Canaanite literature and it is from these bodies of literature that the Old Testament book of Genesis derived some of its motifs surrounding… Read more
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01 Marine Painting – Jack Lorimer Gray’s Nova Scotian Schooner, with Footnotes, #361
Of all the wooden vessels that have sailed in Nova Scotia waters, perhaps the best-known and best-loved is the schooner. Regardless of size or various sail configurations and rigs, the Nova… Read more
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, Francesco Furini’s GENEROSITY OR LIBERALITY, with Footnotes – #172
LIBERALITY; broadness or fullness, as of proportions or physical attributes. One who is generous, bountiful, willing and ready to give and to help. There is measure in all things: Furini choses Horace’s… Read more
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06 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Manuel Alvarez Bravo’s La Desvendada/ The Unveiled, with footnotes # 168
Manuel Álvarez Bravo was a teenager when he first picked up a camera and began taking pictures, before he enrolled in night classes in painting at the Academia San Carlos,… Read more
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06 Works, The Art Of The Nude, Steve Hanks’ Morning Rituals, with footnotes # 165
Steve Hanks, 1949–2015, is recognized as one of the best watercolor artists today. The detail, color and realism of Steve Hanks’ paintings are unheard of in this difficult medium. Steve… Read more
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02 Orientalist Paintings, Adolf Schreyer’s The Chase, with footnotes, #120
The Chase, depicts a group of Bedouin warriors in full gallop charging through the desert landscape. The rapidity and nervous quality of the brushstroke emphasizes the forward momentum of the… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Adham Wanly’s The singer, with Footnotes, #68
Adham Wanly (1908 in Alexandria, Egypt – 1959) was a painter who learnt in the atelier of the Italian Otorino Becchi 1932, then set up his own atelier with his brother… Read more
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Edgardo Saporetti’s Italian Mother with two children, with Footnotes. #100
The young woman leans against a house wall with a view of the viewer, a small child on her breast, the older daughter looking at the child. Edgardo Saporetti (Bagnacavallo,… Read more
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