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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 Artist’s Studio, Jean Georges Vibert’s A Break in the Studio, with footnotes
Estimate at 20,000 – 30,000 USD in May 2023Jehan Georges Vibert or Jean Georges Vibert (30 September 1840 – 28 July 1902) was a French academic painter. He was born in… Read more
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13 Works, January 24th. is artist Vasily Ivanovich Surikov’s day, his story, illustrated #24
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (24 January 1848–19 March 1916) was a Russian Realist history painter. He was born to an old Cossack family, descending from Don Cossacks that had settled in… Read more
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04 Paintings, Streets of Paris, Charles Cobelle’s Montmarte, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame, with footnotes, Part 94
Paris has been one of the world’s major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the arts and sciences and its early… Read more
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01 Painting, Religious Art, Francesco Guarino’s Saint Anthony Abbot and the Centaur, with footnotes # 51
Sold for 40.625 USD in Jan 2011 The life of St Anthony Abbot was popularised during the thirteenth century by Jacopo da Voragine’s Golden Legend. Towards the end of his life,… Read more
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01 Painting, Olympian deities, Wilhelm Kray’s Eros ferrying lovers to Cythera, with footnotes # 50
Sold for GBP 6,875 in Jan 2008 In Greek mythology, Eros is the god of lust and love. In the present work, lovers are being taken to Cythera, the celestial island… Read more
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07 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, François d’Aubigné, the secret wife of Louis XIV, with Footnotes. #136
Françoise d’Aubigné, known first as Madame Scarron and subsequently as Madame de Maintenon was the last great female presence in the life of Louis XIV… Please follow link for full… Read more
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03 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Franz Xaver Winterhalter and William Edward Frost’s Florinda la Cava, with Footnotes. #132
Florinda la Cava (at center left), or simply La Cava, is a character who, according to legend, played a central role in the downfall of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain… Read more
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02 Painting, RELIGIOUS ART – Sir Peter Paul Rubens and Pieter Bruegel the elder’s Christ and the woman taken in adultery, with footnotes #189
Watched by his disciples, Christ writes on the ground that he who is free of sin should cast the first stone at an adulterous woman. This biblical story challenged hypocrisy… Read more
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06 Photographs, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, Steven Irwin’s Venus, Ceres, Persephone and Tellus, the Earth Goddesses, with footnotes #34
Venus is a Roman goddess, whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the Roman people through her son,… Read more
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01 Painting, RELIGIOUS ART – Florentine School’s Mary Magdalene , with footnotes #192
Sold for $3,200 USD in Feb 2023 Mary Magdalene, literally translated as Mary the Magdalene or Mary of Magdala, is a figure in Christianity who, according to the Bible, traveled… Read more
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