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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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Jack Lorimer Gray, New York Harbor 01 Work, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #224
The West Side Docks are dozens of piers located along the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan in New York City Jack Lorimer Gray (April 28, 1927 — September, 1981) was… Read more
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Firooz Zahedi, ELIZABETH TAYLOR DRESSED AS AN ODALISQUE 01 Photograph, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #67
An odalisque was a chambermaid or a female attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly the court ladies in the household of the Ottoman sultan. An odalık was not a concubine of the… Read more
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This Famous Manet Painting Was an Early Example of Product Placement
The roots of visual product placement can be seen since the time of the Industrial Revolution, running parallel with the rise of consumer culture. Source: This Famous Manet Painting Was… Read more
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Charles Henry Gifford, Neapolitan fishing boats 01 Painting, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #223
Charles H. Gifford was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts July 13, 1839 died on January 20, 1904. He was a late second-generation Hudson River School painter. His canvases show a… Read more
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Bana Safarn Syrian Portrait 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #67
B Bana Safar الفنانة بانه سفر (Syria) is a young Syrian artist graduated with Excellence from the Faculty of Fine Arts Damascus University in 2001, the 1st in class for 4… Read more
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Nancy Ellen Craig, Portrait of Young Girl 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #66
Nancy Ellen Craig (1927-2015) was born in New York City and graduated from Bennington College and the Art Students League in New York before beginning her career in portraiture. Commissioned paintings… Read more
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Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, SHIP IN DISTRESS 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #223
Helmsman at the wheel with other people pleading for help in the stormy waves. The scene increased by the tilt of the ship’s deck, with a view of the… Read more
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Marcel Mariën, La pudeur/ Modesty 01 Works, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 45
Marcel Mariën (April 29, 1920 in Antwerp – September 19, 1993 in Brussels) was a Belgian surrealist (later Situationist), poet, essayist, photographer, collagist, filmmaker, and maker of objects. Mariën was one of… Read more
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Henry Bayley Snell, Ship at Sail & Steam and Sailboat 02 Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #147
Henry Bayley Snell (1858–1943) was an American Impressionist painter and educator. Snell’s paintings are in museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Snell was born… Read more
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Romain Steppe, De Rede van Antwerpen 01 Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #222
The Port of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium, is a port in the heart of Europe accessible to capesize ships. It is Europe’s second-largest seaport, after Rotterdam. Antwerp stands at the upper… Read more
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