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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 Painting, Streets of Paris, Victor Gabriel Gilbert’s Marché aux fleurs, with footnotes, Part 87
Sold for 44,100 USD in January 2023 Victor Gilbert was celebrated as the foremost painter of Parisian marchés during the final decades of the 19th century, when daily markets proliferated throughout… Read more
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Sylvia Ji’s Stella (Blue Stoya), with Footnotes #217
Stoya was born as Jessica Stoyadinovich. She was born on 15 June 1986. Stoya was born to a Scottish father and Serbian mother. Stoya was her nickname before becoming a… Read more
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Francisco Miralles y Galup’s At the Market, with Footnotes #215
All it takes is a handful of birdseed to transform any tourist visiting Venice’s historic St. Mark’s Square into a human perch for a fluttering mass of pushy pigeons. Venice… Read more
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15 Paintings of the Canals of Venice in the 18 & 19th Centuries, by the artists of the time, with foot notes #6
By Apollonio Facchinetti, Apollonio Domenichin, Guglielmo Ciardi, Canaletto, Bernardo Canal, Thomas Bush Hardy, Edward William Cooke, Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE, MARC ALDINE and Ludolfs Liberts, … Please follow link for full post Read more
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01 Orientalist Painting, Feliks Michal Wygrzywalski’s The Maharadja’s entourage, with footnotes #115
Sold for EUR 8,963 in Apr 2004 Mahārāja is a Sanskrit title for a “great ruler”, “great king” or “high king”. A few ruled states informally called empires. The ‘Title inflation’ soon led… Read more
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina’s Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with Footnotes #192
Saint Catherine of Alexandria is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius. According to… Read more
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06 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, David Drebin’s Monte Carlo Flasher, and 5 other works with Footnotes #214
Love stories and landscapes are at the foundation of David Drebin’s panoramas, portraits, and neon sculptures. His monograph Love and Other Stories (2007) features solitary women in urban tableaux — high-rise apartments… Read more
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hocine Ziani’s The Queen Tin Hinan, with Footnotes #212
Tin Hinan was a 4th-century Tuareg queen. Her monumental tomb is located in the Sahara, at Abalessa in the Hoggar region of Algeria. Tin Hinan is sometimes referred to as “Queen… Read more
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hendra Gunawan’s The Market Woman, with Footnotes #212
Sold for HK$1,011,000 in May 2022 The Market Woman depicts a busy market scene where a group of women are engaged in a flurry of activities. Four women are seen sitting… Read more
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01 Orientalist Painting, Gustave Boulanger’s Tribute, with footnotes #114
Sold for 107,100 GBP in March 2022A young emir and his entourage, resting in the shade of the forest – perhaps resting on a journey – receive a passing traveller. The latter,… Read more
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