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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, Pieter Breughel I’s The Fall of the Angels, with footnotes
Sold for EUR 37,000 in May 2012 The present composition partly derives from the painting by Pieter Breughel I in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels (inv. no. 584). Emerging from… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Louis Masreliez’s An Allegory of War, with footnotes
Sold for USD 62,500 in Apr 2021 The present Allegory of War depicts a furious Minerva, Roman goddess of War, dismounting her horse-drawn chariot, shield in one hand, thunderbolt in the… Read more
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01 Work The Art of War, Armand-Charles Caraffe’s Metellus besieges a city, with footnotes
Tamburlaine is a poor shepherd who rises to power to live out his blood-soaked fantasy of conquering the world. His extravagant savagery shows what horror can result when unlimited political… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Maynard Dixon’s Shapes of Fear, with footnotes
The abstract idea of fear is concretized here, in the way the four shapes representing four humans stand huddled together, their faces missing but their feet visible under their long… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, George Frederick Watts’ The doctor’s punishment, Villa Medicea di Careggi, with footnotes
The Fresco captures a detail of George Frederic Watts’ fresco, “Punishment of the Doctor, ” located in the historic Villa Medicea di Careggi in Florence, Italy. The painting depicts a… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863) French Young Woman Taken Away By A Tiger Or Indian Bitten By A Tiger, with footnotes
Parallel to these complex compositions, where the hunters on horseback lead the choreography, Delacroix worked on many scenes with two figures, in which a great cat is shown tearing its… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Pompeo Girolamo Batoni’s Allegory of Peace and War, with footnotes
Pompeo Batoni’s grand portraits and numerous religious and historical commissions established him as the leading Roman painter of his day. He painted Peace and War on his own initiative, without… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Sir Peter Paul Rubens’ Allegory of war, with footnotes
“Allegory of War” shows a woman sitting on the ground at the edge of a battle among the dead and seemingly despairing of war. “Rubens occasionally negotiated peace talks and… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Fernando Cueto Amorsolo’s Hope in the Ruins of Manila, with footnotes
Sold for HKD 2,680,000 in Nov 2015 After years of occupation, the Battle of Manila began on February 3, 1945. The month-long campaign resulted in the death of over 100,000 civilians and… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Ismail Shammout’s Al- Tariq/ The Way, with footnotes
Sold for GBP 150,000 in Oct 2019 Al Tariq (The Way) reflects the tone of the dramatic and tragic events which unfolded in Palestine during the 1950s forward. The mastery in figurative execution… Read more
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