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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, Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s Triptych of Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre, with Footnotes
This print shows a mythical episode in which the emperor’s official, Mitsukuni, comes to search for surviving insurrectionary conspirators. In the image, the princess recites a spell written on a… Read more
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02 works, The Art Of The Nude, Hananiah Harari’s Nude Descending a Stairs after Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones’s The Golden Stairs, with footnotes #230
Statement by the Artist: “Serendipity led me to the Pre-Raphaelite Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones whose painting The Golden Stairs suggested a scaffold for my own… Please follow link for full… Read more
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01 Works The amorous game, Potentially Gillis Mostaert’s Couple in love on a stormy sea, with Footnotes #98
This painting was Estimate at €800 – €1,200 in May 2023 Gillis Mostaert the Elder (27 or 28 November 1528 – 28 December 1598) was a Flemish Renaissance painter and draughtsman active in… Read more
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Marc Chagall’s Anne Invoque l’Eternel, with Footnotes – #218
Anna (distinguished as Anna the Prophetess), is a woman mentioned in the Gospel of Luke. According to that Gospel, she was an elderly woman of the Tribe of Asher who… Read more
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01 Religious Icon, Saint Christopher with the head of a dog, with footnotes #42
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, certain icons covertly identify Saint Christopher with the head of a dog. Such images may carry echoes of the Egyptian dog-headed god, Anubis. Christopher pictured with… Read more
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29 Works, December 14th. is Károly Lotz’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #250
Lotz Károly Antal Pál, or Karl Anton Paul Lotz (16 December 1833–13 October 1904) was a German-Hungarian painter… Please follow link for full post Read more
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Queen Mary Psalter, Twelve year old Christ in the temple, with Footnotes – #206
The Finding in the Temple, also called Christ among the Doctors or the Disputation (the usual names in art), was an episode in the early life of Jesus depicted in chapter 2… Read more
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04 Works, The amorous game, Cornelis Bega’s Peasants in a Tavern, with Footnotes, #98
He was a student of Adriaen van Ostade, and produced genre scenes of similar subjects, typically groups of a few peasant figures, often in interior settings… Please follow link for… Read more
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02 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Anna Boghiguian’s Zar, with Footnotes, #62
Estimated for 4,000 – 6,000 GBP in Apr 2023 In the cultures of the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of the Middle East, Zār is the term for a… Read more
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