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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, The art of War, Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson’s Paths Of Glory, with Footnotes
In one of Nevinson’s most famous paintings, we see the bodies of two dead British soldiers behind the Western Front. The ‘Paths of Glory’ was famously censored by the official censor… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, József Molnár’s The Destruction of Pompeii, with Footnotes
Of the many eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, a major stratovolcano in southern Italy, the best-known for its eruption in 79 AD, which was one of the deadliest. In autumn of… Read more
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01 work, the art of war, William Skeoch Cumming’s Drummer James Roddick of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders, with footnotes
Sold for GBP 10,625 in Oct 2008 After taking part in Major-General Frederick Roberts’ famous march from Kabul to Kandahar in August 1880, the 92nd Highlanders were immediately sent into action… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Eugenio Álvarez Dumont’s Girona’s great day (19 September 1809), with footnotes
At a quarter to four in the afternoon, the bell of the cathedral sounds the alarm and drums roll everywhere with the call to arms. In the streets and squares… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Migita Toshihide’s The Fall of Pyongyang, from a series on the Sino-Japanese War, with footnotes
Amid the smoke of battle, Japanese troops encircle panicked Chinese soldiers in this panoramic view of the conquest of the Korean city of Pyongyang during the first Sino-Japanese War (1894–95).… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Alexander von Wagner’s Self- Sacrifice of Titusz Dugovics, with footnotes
Titusz Dugovics or Titus Dugović (died in 21 July 1456) was the alleged identity of an unknown Hungarian soldier who was stationed during the Siege of Belgrade by the Ottoman Empire’s… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Nash, John’s Oppy Wood, Evening, with Footnotes
The lower half of the composition has a view inside a trench with duckboard paths leading to a dug-out. Two infantrymen stand to the left of the dug-out entrance, one… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Pieter Paul Rubens’ The Battle of the Amazons, with Footnotes
For sale for 36 000 € in Jan 2024 The tangle of naked bodies, some mutilated, gives the idea of the extreme violence used in battle and the terrified expressions… Read more
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01 Work, The art of War, Afshin Pirhashemi’s Untitled, with Footnotes
Sold for USD 100,000 in May 2013 Instantly recognisable for their photo-realistic execution and monochromatic palette, Afshin Pirhashemi’s paintings examine the role of women in Iranian society and their relationship to… Read more
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