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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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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Nymphs and Satyr 01 Painting, Olympian deities, with footnotes #39
According to the Clark Institute, in the painting “a group of nymphs have been surprised, while bathing in a secluded pond, by a lascivious satyr. Some of the nymphs have… Read more
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Walter Bird; Devil Dance 01 Photograph, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 33
Devil Dance is a Western description from the early 20th century for the Tibetan Buddhist ritual dances known as ‘cham or Chhaam. Cham are often performed by monks in costume, and… Read more
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Sheeba Khan, ZEPHYR 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 43
Zephyr may refer to a light wind or west wind. For centuries, poets have eulogized Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind, and his “swete breeth”. Zephyrus, the personified west wind,… Read more
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Allaert van Everdingen, A shipwreck on a rocky coast 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #210
Allaert van Everdingen, (born June 18, 1621, Alkmaar, the Netherlands—died November 8, 1675, Amsterdam), Dutch painter and engraver known for his landscapes recalling the scenery of Scandinavia. According to the… Read more
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Richard Prince, GIRLFRIEND 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 27
Richard Prince (born 1949) is an American painter and photographer. In the mid-1970s, Prince made drawings and painterly collages that he has since disowned. He began copying other photographers’ work in… Read more
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PELEG FRANKLIN BROWNELL, BONAVENTURE ISLAND 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #207
Though Peleg Franklin Brownell found his favourite sketching grounds close to his home in Ottawa, he also explored and created works set in the areas of the Lower St. Lawrence,… Read more
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John Lowrie Morrison, PUFFER ON THE CRINAN CANAL 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #198
The Clyde puffer is a type of small coal-fired and single-masted cargo ship, built mainly on the Forth and Clyde canal, and which provided a vital supply link around the west… Read more
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Robert Peake, Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Pope 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #49
The black thread depicted here, which normally links the heart and the hands, looks to be broken and may possibly be an allusion to a death and would fit with… Read more
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Louis-Théodore Devilly, THE SKIRMISH 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists , with footnotes, 57
Louis Theodore Devilly (born in Metz the 28 October 1818 and died in Nancy the 24 December 1886 ) was a French painter of the xix th century . Member of… Read more
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Franz von Stuck, DOMINO 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #48
As masquerades flourished in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe, Domino was probably the most common mask of all. Typical of the Venetian Carnival, it consisted of a black mask covering… Read more
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