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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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Per Anders, Baywatch 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #231
This painting shows more or less my surroundings where I live at the southern edge of Denmark. The Baltic Ocean (or more correctly the fjord called Flensburg Fjord where Denmark… Read more
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Nicholas Pocock, Destruction of the French squadron 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #229
The Battle of San Domingo was a naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars fought on 6 February 1806 between squadrons of French and British ships of the line off in the… Read more
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Khaled Hourani, Martyr 02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #71
A martyr is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, or refusing to advocate a belief or cause as demanded by an external party. This… Read more
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Bernini’s “Apollo and Daphne” Is an Unnerving Depiction of Unwanted Desire
Bernini’s “Apollo and Daphne” is a masterwork of sculpture that also reads as a powerful, disquieting depiction of unwanted pursuit and predation. Source: Bernini’s “Apollo and Daphne” Is an Unnerving… Read more
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Rafaelle Berchtold, Physical state 02 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #359
“In nature there is a closed cycle. Everything flows. The sea is constantly changing dynamically. It permeates life and makes everything softer, smoother and more permeable. Water is formless, condenses,… Read more
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Khaled Hourani, Farewell 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 43
Khaled Hourani, Born in Hebron, Palestine, in 1965. Khaled Hourani lives and works in Ramallah. He was Artistic Director (2007-2010) and Director (2010-2013) of the International Academy of Art Palestine, of… Read more
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Pietro Dandini, YOUNG WOMAN AND THE PROCURES. 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 53 – With Footnotes
An old woman in a dark robe with a white shawl and a white towel on her hair, above a yellow high hat, turns to a young woman. She also… Read more
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Naima Rauam, Tug On The East River, 1992. 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #228
The East River is a salt water tidal estuary in New York City. The waterway, which is actually not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its… Read more
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