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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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27 Paintings of Parisian Street Scenes by the Artists of the time, 19 Century, with footnotes #2
A view of the famous Paris attractions and the city’s most picturesque streets. Today I’ll share some of the most famous streets, avenues, and boulevards in the French capital to… Read more
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05 works, Today, August 10th, is Blessed Laurence’s day, his story illustrated #222
Blessed Laurence lived at the beginning of the sixteenth century at the distance of 533 meters from old Kaluga, near a forest church in honor of the Nativity of Christ,… Read more
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68 Works and tales of Mermaids in Europe, Asia and Africa, with Footnotes #6
Artists: Charles Edouard Boutibonne, Edward Okun, Laura JamesDoris Prouty, Harald Oskar Sohlberg, Ralph Cahoon, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Arthur Wardle, Giovanni Segantini, Isobel Lilian Gloag, Edward Poynter, Edward Matthew Hale, Edvard Munch,… Read more
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07 works, Today, August 9th, is Saint Matthias’s day, his story illustrated #221
Matthias was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, chosen by the apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following the latter’s betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death. His calling as… Read more
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01 MARINE PAINTING, EDWARD WILLIAM COOK’S ZUIDER ZEE FISHING CRAFT DRYING NETS IN THE HARBOUR OF SPAARNDAM, WITH FOOTNOTES #286
Sold for £12,562.50 in June 2020Zuider Zee fishing craft were to feed the population in the surrounding areas. From 1850 onward, the market increased in size and Zuiderzee fishing became economically important to… Read more
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Michel Comte’s Untitled, 1991, with footnotes #198
Sold for USD 200,000 in March 2020 Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004) was one of the leading American Pop artists of the 1960s. Departing from Abstract Expressionism, he explored classical representations of the… Read more
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Bernardino di Mariotto dello Stagno’s Virgin and Child, with Footnotes #194
Sold for 214,200 GBP in July 2022 Here, a curtain opens to reveal the Virgin and Child; the edges are left open to give a sense of expanse into a distant… Read more
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Master of Alcira’s Saint Michael the Archangel, with Footnotes #193
Michael is mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel, once as a “great prince who stands up for the children of your people”. The idea that Michael was the… Read more
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07 Paintings by Csok, Istvan (1865-1961) of his “Studio Interior”, with footnotes
The success of the picture at the time is clearly shown by the fact that Csók made several copies of the composition in many versions, some of its details can… Read more
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