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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, Middle East Artists, The Art of War, Jan Saudek’s Silent witness, with Footnotes #104
As the angel passed through the destroyed city she bore witness to the inhumanity of man towards his brother and felt a great heaviness in her heart. The once vibrant… Read more
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01 painting, Middle East Artists, The Art of War, Suleiman Mansour’s Gaza, with Footnotes #103
Sold for USD 43,750 on Mar 2019 Suleiman Mansour, together with Ismail Shammout are one of the two most important Palestinian artists who created a national identity for Palestinians over… Read more
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01 Work, Olympian deities, Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian’s Venus and Adonis, With Footnotes – #136
Sold for 11,164,000 GBP in December 2022 Venus, as if filled with foreboding about Adonis’s fate, desperately clings to her lover, while he pulls himself free of her embrace, impatient for… Read more
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01 Painting, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, Esther Sarto’s Leda & the Swan, with footnotes #32
Leda and the Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces and has sex with Leda.… Read more
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02 works, The Art Of The Nude, William Claxton’s Peggy Moffitt in Rudolf “Rudi” Gernreich’s” TOPLESS SWIMSUIT, with footnotes #219
Gernreich collaborated with Moffitt and her husband, photographer William Claxton. The three became “a dynamic and inseparable trio… Please follow link for full post Read more
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Italian School’s Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael, with Footnotes – #220
Sold for $1,000 USD in May 2022 Hagar is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis Chapter 16. She was an Egyptian handmaid of Sarah, who gave her to Abraham… Read more
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01 Marine Work, Henry Scott’s Night watch – Foochow, With Footnotes #323
Sold for US$14,025 in May 2022 Fuzhou, alternately Romanised as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of… Read more
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01 Marine Work, Werner Drewes’ Maine Harbor, With Footnotes, #322
Sold for $7,500.00 in May 2019 Werner Drewes (1899–1985) was a painter, printmaker, and art teacher. Considered to be one of the founding fathers of American abstraction, he was one of the… Read more
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