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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 of the Canals of Venice, Paul Signac’s VENISE, LA SALUTE, with footnotes. #115
Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro… Read more
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01 Orientalist Painting, Henri Rousseau’s The Hunt, with footnotes #111
Sold for 9,450 GBP in March 2022 The hunting of wild animals for food, sport or for the defence of people and herds,was common in the ancient Near East, especially in… Read more
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01 painting, Portrait of a Lady, Harold Von Schmidt’s Friendly Persuasion, with Footnotes
Sold for $1,300 USD in April 2017 The Friendly Persuasion is an American novel published in 1945 by Jessamyn West. It was adapted as the motion picture Friendly Persuasion in 1956. The… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, Nadia Saikali’s Paysage de Montagne, with Footnotes #63
Sold for 35,280 GBP in October 2022 “Too many people theorize and politicize about one’s choice of colours in painting. This is not what I put forward in my works. After… Read more
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Friedrich Sturm’s Paolo and Francesca, With Footnotes #83
Sold for 6,300 EUR in November 2022 In the late eighteenth century, a romantic admiration for Dante spread throughout Europe and a whole generation of artists was inspired by his writings.… Read more
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04 Paintings, The Art Of The Nude, Durando Togo Richard’s Femme Fatale, with footnotes #193
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Jacob Toorenvliet’s Inequal love, With Footnotes #83
Sold for 5,040 EUR in November 2022 The painting shows the theme of the ill-matched couple, a popular theme in the arts of the period, though generally the one making the… Read more
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01 Orientalist Painting, Georges Washington’s A Mounted Warrior, with footnotes #110
Sold for 75,600 GBP in March 2022 Historically, cavalry soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry in… Read more
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36 Paintings, Olympian deities, The full story of Cupid and Psyche, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #7
There were once a king and queen, rulers of an unnamed city, who had three daughters of conspicuous beauty. The youngest and most beautiful was Psyche, whose admirers, neglecting the… Read more
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Sigismund de Ivanowski’s Window Shoppers, with Footnotes #201
Sold for 10,625 USD in June 2017The subject matter of the present work celebrates some of the important cultural themes of the Gilded Age: the growth of a consumerist culture and… Read more
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