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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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22 Artists Embedded With Napoleon’s French Campaign In Egypt And Syria – Part I
Rumors became rife as 40,000 soldiers and 10,000 sailors were gathered in French Mediterranean ports. A large fleet was assembled at Toulon: 13 ships of the line, 14 frigates, and… Read more
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Victor Gabriel Gilbert’s Le pavillon de la Marée aux Halles-Centrales de Paris, with footnotes, Part 82
The building, which was an answer to Emperor Napoléon’s III (1808-18773) sanitary demands and reforms, fascinated the first photographers. At each of the 1878, 1879, 1880 and 1881 Salons, Gilbert… Read more
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12 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Zinaida Evgenievna Serebriakova, VIVIEN LEIGH, Empress Maria-Theresa, Rosina Ferrara, and Catherine de Médicis, Gabrielle d’Estrées, with Footnotes. #11
Zinaida Evgenievna Serebriakova, (1884–1967), was a Modernist Russian painter, and was one of the best known and most highly regarded of her time. She was the daughter of the sculptor… Read more
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18 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, The Execution of Charlotte Corday, with Footnotes. #187
Charlotte Corday, born Marie-Anne-Charlotte Corday d’Armont was born in Normandy on July 27, 1768 and was executed on July 17, 1793 in Paris. She is largely remembered as the assassin… Read more
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14 Paintings, PORTRAITS OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 12
Adam de Coster (c. 1586 in Mechelen — 4 May 1643 in Antwerp) was a Flemish painter who was a prominent member of the Antwerp Caravaggisti. He is mainly known for his… Read more
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01 Orientalist Painting, Eduardo Leon Garrido’s NUDE IN A LIGHT-FILLED BOUDOIR , with footnotes, #106
Eduardo Leon Garrido ( Madrid , 1856 – Caen , 1949) was a Spanish painter. He began his training at the School of Painting in Madrid and as a disciple in… Read more
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, John Singer Sargent’s Nancy Witcher Langhorne, Viscountess Astor, with Footnotes. #140
Eugène Louis Gabriel Isabey (22 July 1803, in Paris – 25 April 1886, in Montévrain) was a French painter, lithographer and watercolorist in the Romantic style. He was born to Jean-Baptiste… Read more
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