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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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21 Works, June 28th. is Otto Pilny’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #175
Otto Pilny (28 June 1866–22 July 1936) was a Swiss painter who specialized in Orientalist genre scenes. Some of the first nineteenth-century Orientalist paintings were intended as propaganda in support… Read more
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15 Works, June 27th. is Reyer van Blommendael’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #174
The parable of the Good Samaritan is a didactic story told by Jesus in Luke 10:25–37. It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half… Read more
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20 Works, June 26th. is Pierre-Jules Jollivet’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #173
According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God (Yahweh) by taking her from the rib of Adam, to be Adam’s companion. Pierre-Jules Jollivet (26 June 1794,… Read more
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15 Works, June 25th. is Robert Scott Lauder’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #172
Robert Scott Lauder RSA (25 June 1803–21 April 1869) was a Scottish artist who described himself as a “historical painter”. He was one of the original members of the Royal… Read more
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17 Works, June 24th. is Jan Matejko’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #171
Wernyhora is a legendary 18th century Cossack bard who prophetized the fall of Poland and its subsequent rebirth and flourishing, “from Black to White sea”. He has been a subject… Read more
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17 Works, June 23rd. is John Reinhard Weguelin’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #170
John Reinhard Weguelin RWS ROI (23 June 1849–28 April 1927) was an English painter and illustrator, active from 1877 to after 1910. He specialized in figurative paintings with lush backgrounds,… Read more
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15 Works, June 22nd. is Ditlev Blunck’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #169
Sex, euphoria and even life and death are all cast alongside one another in this nightmarish painting from 1846. A messy room is illuminated by the first morning rays of… Read more
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36 Works, June 21th. is Henry Ossawa Tanner’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #168
In this rendering of the Virgin Mary with the Christ child, Mary appears melancholy and lost in thought. The infant is almost completely covered by a shroud-like cloth, suggesting a… Read more
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22 Works, June 20th. is Konstantin Makovsky’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #167
At the time of Ivan the Terrible, women used to be kept indoors, sheltered from interactions with strangers. The only exceptions allowed were with friends and highly regarded guests during… Read more
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16 works, June 19th. is Peter Nicolai Arbo’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #167
Mór Than (19 June 1828–11 March 1899) was a Hungarian painter. During his law studies in Pest, he took up painting at Miklós Barabás. He was Artúr Görgei de Görgő… Read more
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