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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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14 Works, June 18th. is Peter Nicolai Arbo’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #166
The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, in England, on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading… Read more
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12 Works, June 17th. is Francisco Oller’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #165
Oller’s earliest surviving European painting, below, evinces the duality informing much of his work: It depicts a woman bullfighter in Madrid — an anomaly in a male-dominated field, incongruously placed in a… Read more
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21 Works, June 16th. is Pavle “Paja” Jovanović’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #164
The original oil painting shows a wounded youth surrounded by ten peasants in a humble, single-room dwelling. The peasants wear hand-sewn shirts, rough leggings and leather shoes. They stand over… Read more
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37 Works, June 15th. is Jacek Malczewski’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #163
Sunday in the Mine from 1882 is one of many paintings by Jacek Malczewski — realistic, symbolist, expressionist — devoted to the martyrdom of Polish exiles, including participants of subsequent national uprisings, in Siberia.… Read more
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22 Works, Today, June 14th. is John Frederick Lewis’ day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #162
Leaving Rome early in 1840, Lewis travelled to Constantinople, seeing Albania, Corfu, Athens and Smyrna en route. He spent the best part of a year in the Levant, but in… Read more
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10 Works, Today, June 13th. is Jan Victors’ day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #161
After curing Tobit’s blindness, returning the family’s wealth, and making it possible for Tobit’s son Tobias to marry his beloved Sarah, the Archangel Raphael has dropped his disguise and revealed… Read more
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09 Works, Today, June 12th. is Pierre Henri Révoil’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #160
Pierre Révoil aimed to create a detailed reconstruction of a mediaeval tournament. He chose to depict a jousting tournament which took place in Rennes in 1337, which was famous for… Read more
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16 Works, Today, June 11th. is Joseph Heintz the Elder’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #159
Proserpina, or Proserpine is an ancient Roman goddess whose cult, myths and mysteries were based on those of Greek Persephone and her mother Demeter, the Greek goddess of grain and… Read more
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27 Works, Today, June 10th. is Gustave Courbet’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #158
Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (10 June 1819–31 December 1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see,… Read more
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24 Works, Today, June 9th. is Michael Peter Ancher’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #158
Michael Ancher was very fascinated by the fishermen. They put their lives on the line when they fished or when they worked as rescuers. Here a group of fishermen are… Read more
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