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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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Eugène Delacroix; Combat of the Giaour and Hassan 02 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 48
Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris “Giaour” is the Turkish word for infidel or non-believer, and is similar to the Arabic word “kafir”. The story is… Read more
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Evert Moll, Harbor view Rotterdam 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #155
Rotterdam is a city in the Netherlands, located in South Holland, within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt river delta at the North Sea. Its history goes back to 1270 when a dam was constructed… Read more
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Ludolf Backhuysen; Fishing boats on the North Sea coast at high tide 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #153
Ludolf Bakhuizen (28 December 1630 – 17 November 1708) was a German-born Dutch painter, draughtsman, calligrapher and printmaker. He was the leading Dutch painter of maritime subjects after Willem van de… Read more
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Sir William Russell Flint; Holiday After Ramadan 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 47
“Away from the center of the city the native swarms were worth watching. They were picturesque in the full meaning of the word, and after their fast, they were out… Read more
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Luis Royo; Fallen Angel 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 24
In Abrahamic religions, fallen angels are angels who were expelled from heaven. The term “fallen angel” appears neither in the Bible nor in other Abrahamic scriptures, but is used of… Read more
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Peter Doig; 100 Years Ago (Carrera), 2001 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #37
Peter Doig’s paintings have a tendency to disorientate us, even when they depict recognisable imagery such as figures and buildings. We are often plunged into an unreliable world of reflections,… Read more
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Charles Anslow Thornley, Harbor in Gravesend 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #152
Gravesend is an ancient town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross on the south bank of the Thames Estuary and opposite Tilbury in Essex. … Read more
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Henry Varnum Poor, Mother and Child 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 25
The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and Child is often the name of a work of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The word Madonna means… Read more
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01 Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes #15
Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the… Read more
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Pierre BONNARD, Women at the window 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of the time, Part 43 – With Footnotes
Pierre Bonnard (3 October 1867 — 23 January 1947) was a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis. Bonnard… Read more
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