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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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01 Work, MIDDLE EAST ARTISTS, The Art of War, Laila Shawa’s Target 2009, with footnotes
Sold for £ 6,000 in Jun 2009 Target 2009 was created as a direct response to the tragically high death toll amongst Gaza’s children due to Israeli military assaults earlier in 2009.… Read more
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04 Works, The art of War, Pierre-Georges Jeanniot’s Art bearing witness to the agonies of war, with Footnotes
Pierre Georges Jeanniot was taught by his father Pierre-Alexandre Jeanniot, who for a long time was director of the art college in Dijon. He embarked on a military career, but… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Francesco Verio’s The Wounded, with Footnotes
As in every war, the wounded are far more numerous than those killed. Common combat injuries include second and third degree burns, broken bones, shrapnel wounds, brain injuries, spinal cord… Read more
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, ART OF WAR, “Blenda” Warrior Woman, with Footnotes #146
Blenda is the heroine of a Swedish legend (Blendasägnen) from Småland. Blenda led the rural women of Värend in an attack on a pillaging Danish army and annihilated the invaders. According… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, The Art of War, Ismail Shammout’s Guardian of the fire, with Footnotes #76
The first Palestinian Intifada (uprising) began in December 1987, and continued unabated until the peace talks in Madrid in 1992. The historical and ideological underpinnings of the sufferings endured by the Palestinian… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Henri-Charles-Etienne Dujardin-Beaumetz’s A la baïonnette/ With the bayonet, with Footnotes
Etienne Dujardin-Beaumetz offers us with this painting a very dynamic composition given by the receding perspective formed by the lines of the roofs at the top and the staggering of… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Suleiman Mansour’s Motherhood, with Footnotes #69
Sold for 63,500 GBP in Oct 2023 An impassioned and tender depiction of the relationship between mother and child, Motherhood represents Mansour’s natural tendency towards familiar subjects, here both familial and national.… Read more
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02 Works, The art of War, Francesco Verio’s Journey in vain hopes, with Footnotes
More than 2,500 people have died or gone missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, while approximately 186,000 people have arrived in European countries… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Henri-Charles-Etienne Dujardin-Beaumetz’s General Lapasset burning his flags, with Footnotes
The artwork depicts General Ferdinand Auguste Lapasset, a French military leader during the Franco-Prussian War, engaging in an act of profound symbolism. In this poignant scene, General Lapasset is shown… Read more
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01 Marine Work, GEORGE SAVARY WASSON’s USS Brooklyn at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, With Footnotes, #320
The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a decisive naval engagement that occurred on July 3, 1898 between an American fleet, led by William T. Sampson and Winfield Scott Schley, against… Read more
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