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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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07 Works, Today, March 4th, is Saint Gerasimus’s Day, With Footnotes – #62
Gerasimus of the Jordan was a Christian saint, monk and abbot of the 5th century AD. He was born into a wealthy family in the the southern part of Asia… Read more
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Johann Liss’ THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE, With Footnotes – #147
In this painting, the repentant Mary Magdalene is shown with bare breasts and clasped hands, holding a skull to her body. On the left an Oriental old woman in a… Read more
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02 Works, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities by Patrick Palmer, with footnotes #26
“I have left a lot of the painting unfinished — or even left out altogether in places — to maintain the focal point (the face) and to keep the simple key lines and design… Read more
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06 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible by Sandro Botticelli , With Footnotes #48
Botticelli’s women are renowned as the embodiments of grace, elegance, and beauty. The unique style of the Italian painter — with his idealized, elongated, buoyant figures in flowing tresses and drapery — has become… Read more
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01 PAINTING OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY GIULIO TURCATO, WITH FOOTNOTES. #83
Giulio Turcato (16 March 1912 in Mantua – 22 January 1995 in Rome) was an Italian artist, belonging to both figurative and abstract expressionist currents. Turcato left Mantua and attended the… Read more
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18 Works, February 28th. is artist Dixie Selden’s day, her story, illustrated with footnotes #059
Brittany is a peninsula, historical country, and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman… Read more
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Frederick Arthur Bridgman’s WAITING FOR ORDERS, with footnotes, #85
Frederick Arthur Bridgman (November 10, 1847 – 1928) was an American artist, born in Tuskegee, Alabama. The son of a physician, Bridgman would become one of the United States’ most well-known… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Kadhim Hayder’s Divine Horses, with Footnotes, #44
Ten mythical white horses, their abstracted bodies collapsed together in grief, wail out to a bare, nocturnal landscape. An isolated green horse turns his body away from the group, exiled… Read more
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Ken Howard’s Stormy Morning, Quai St Michel, Paris, Part #81
The Quai Saint-Michel in the french capital Paris is a small section of the southern bank of the Seine between the bridges Pont Saint-Michel and Petit Pont. The naming references… Read more
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