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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 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, Noël-Nicolas Coypel’s HOLY FAMILY AND HOLY YEAR, With Footnotes – #182
The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph. Veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de… Read more
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Giulio Rosati’s Conversation, with footnotes, #91
Giulio Rosati, 1858 – Rome – 1917, specialised in eighteenth century costume pieces, comical scenes of from the life of the clergy and Orientalist subjects. His preferred medium was watercolour, though he… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Louay Kayali’s Cake Seller, with Footnotes, #53
“The Cake (Ka’ak) Seller” is a prime examples of Kayyali’s mature period in which key characters from Syrian daily life merge to the forefront. In this body of work, Kayyali… Read more
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Demetrio Salgado’s Female nude, with footnotes # 117
Demetrio Salgado, (1916–2000), was born in Salamanca. He moves to Madrid upon discovering his artistic vocation, settling in the traditional neighborhood of Lavapiés. He studied at the San Fernando High… Read more
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06 Works, Today, May 10th is Saint Thais’ day, With Footnotes – #131
José de Ribera (January 12, 1591 — September 2, 1652) was a Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker, better known as Jusepe de Ribera. He also was called Lo Spagnoletto (“the Little Spaniard”)… Read more
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15 Works, Today, May 10th. is Jean-Léon Gérôme’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #128
Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC. Characteristically, Gérôme has depicted not the incident itself, but its immediate aftermath. The illusion of… Read more
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01 Painting – Marine Art, John (Jack) Robert Charles Spurling’s Loch Etive. With Footnotes, #318
The Loch Etive was a British iron full-rigged clipper ship built in Glasgow in 1877. The novelist, Joseph Conrad served as her third mate and referred to her in his novel… Read more
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Robert Philipp’s Theatre #2, with Footnotes. #116
Robert Philipp (February 2, 1895 – November 22, 1981) was an American painter influenced by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits of attractive women and… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Samir Rafi’s The 1948 Nakba, with Footnotes, #52
The 1948 Palestinian exodus, also known as the Nakba, literally “disaster”, “catastrophe”, or “cataclysm”), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs — about half of prewar Palestine’s Arab population —… Read more
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