Category: The amorous game
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01 painting, The amorous game, Le Pho’s Idylle (Idyll), with Footnotes #101
Sold for HKD 2,000,000 in Nov 2017 Idylle is the term used in music to refer generally to a work evocative of pastoral or rural life, and more specifically to a kind of French courtly entertainment of the baroque era where a pastoral poem was set to music, accompanied by ballet and singing. Examples of the…
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01 Painting of The amorous game, William Holman Hunt’s The Awakening Conscience, Part 9 – With Footnotes
A gentleman has installed his mistress (known to be such because of her absence of a wedding ring) in a house for their meetings. As they play and singt, she has a sudden spiritual revelation. Rising from her lover’s lap, she gazes into the sunlit garden beyond, which is reflected in the mirror behind her.…
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01 Etching, The amorous game, Gene Kloss’ Chance Encounter, with Footnotes #101
Estimate for $700 – $1,000 in June 2023 Gene Kloss (Born Oakland, CA 1903-died Taos, New Mexico 1996) grew up in the Bay Area. She attended the University of California at Berkeley, where she studied with Perham Nahl, her instructor in life class and anatomy, who also gave a course in etching. Amazed by the first…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Hans Makart’s Richard III Courting Lady Anne, with Footnotes, #99
Estimated at 15,000 – 20,000 GBP in December 2022Richard of Gloucester, the brother of King Edward IV, is determined to gain the crown of England for himself, no matter what. His plot begins as he romantically pursues Lady Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick and a widow. He woos her as she accompanies the…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Simon de Vos’ An interior scene, with Footnotes, #98
Sold for 16,380 GBP in December 2022 The scene is a delight for the ears as well as the eyes, as it features remarkably lively depictions of musicians playing bagpipes, fiddles, traverso flutes, clavichords, theorbos, not to mention a pair of singers at the front right. In this particular gathering the delights of music are joined by…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Francesco Bergamini’s Life of the Party, with Footnotes #97
Sold for 3,528 USD in October 2021 Francesco Bergamini (1851 – 1900) was an Italian painter who specialised in producing genre scenes for an international audience. Born in Rome, he trained at the National academy where he was taught by Giuseppe Diotti, a traditional artist who still often received fresco commissions. Francesco received a wide-ranging pictorial education religious…
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02 paintings, The amorous game, Hayv Kahraman’s Persian Couple 1 & 2, with Footnotes #96
Hayv Kahraman is an Iraqi artist born in 1981. At the age of 11, her family left Baghdad during the Gulf War and settled in Sweden for several years, where her status of refugee became a catalytic experience for her artistic practic… Please follow link for full post
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01 painting, The amorous game, Italian School, early 18th Century’s Anthony and Cleopatra , with Footnotes #106
Sold for 18,900 EUR in June 2021 Anthony and Cleopatra are arguably the most famous lovers in history. Marcus Antonius of Rome stood at the pinnacle of power, fighting to be the most powerful man in the known world; and Cleopatra VII Philopator was the queen of one ancient civilization, Egypt, and heir to the unmatched cultural…
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01 Works The amorous game, Potentially Gillis Mostaert’s Couple in love on a stormy sea, with Footnotes #98
This painting was Estimate at €800 – €1,200 in May 2023 Gillis Mostaert the Elder (27 or 28 November 1528 – 28 December 1598) was a Flemish Renaissance painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century. He was a versatile artist who worked in various genres including landscape, genre and history painting.…
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04 Works, The amorous game, Cornelis Bega’s Peasants in a Tavern, with Footnotes, #98
He was a student of Adriaen van Ostade, and produced genre scenes of similar subjects, typically groups of a few peasant figures, often in interior settings… Please follow link for full post
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03 Works, The amorous game, Bruce Weber’s Courtships, with Footnotes, #97
In these paintings we can see a young woman being courted by a young man. The woman is wearing traditional Zeeland clothing that is often seen in Portielje’s paintings…. Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The amorous game, Berthold Woltze’s The annoying cavalier, with Footnotes, #96
The painting is set in a railway carriage, where there are two men and a young woman. She is dressed completely in black, and stares towards the viewer with tears in her eyes. The young woman is dressed in a black cloak over a black button-up shirt and a black skirt. She has a black…
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01 Work, The amorous game, Henry Raleigh’s Tea Time, with Footnotes, #92
Sold for $2,312.50 in Apr 25, 2023 Henry Raleigh was an American illustrator, active between 1910-1940. He created illustrations for many well-known authors, including F. Scott Fitzgerald and H.G. Wells. Raleigh started as a newspaper artist but became widely respected and sought after for his unique and distinct style of illustration. In addition to producing work…
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01 painting, The amorous game, William Oxer’s Unfolding Her Wings, with Footnotes #102
For Sale at C$2,864 in April 2024 “William Oxer is not merely a painter; he is a distinctive sensibility, with a poetic vision he explores in many media. His art is affirmative, evocative and forgiving…” Professor Sir Roger Scruton “William Oxer’s paintings represent a strikingly fresh current in contemporary art. His work is experimental, and he…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Adolf Humborg (Austrian, 1847-1913), with Footnotes #88
Sold for USD 5,520 in Oct 1998 Adolf Humborg (January 18, 1847 Oraviţa – April 14, 1921 Munich) was an Austrian painter. Humborg studied at the Art Academy in Vienna between 1867 and 1872. He then completed his studies at the Academy of Arts in Munich, where he attended the class of professor Alexander von Wagner (1838-1904).…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Simon Buret’s The Porous Lights, with Footnotes #87
Sold for 4,445 EUR in February 2023 Simon Buret grew up in Paris, and studied acting at Acting International. His acting career began in 2005, with brief appearances in Les Chevaliers du ciel and Dans tes rêves. At the same time, Simon meets Olivier Coursier with whom he creates the music group AaRON, in which he is…
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01 Painting, of The amorous game, Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet’s A Choice, With Footnotes #8
Estimated for 10,000 – 15,000 USD in February 2018 Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet (12 April 1840, Uzès – 11 April 1920, Paris) was a French painter and engraver; best known for his historical and costume genre scenes. His father was the owner of a café and a liqueur manufacturer who moved his family to Lyon in 1846. He…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Fernand Cormon’s A Friend’s Lunch, with Footnotes #85
Sold for 37,500 USD in January 2011 “Interior of an artist’s studio. Around a lounge table, covered with dishes and bottles, four young men and two young women are seated, drinking coffee, laughing heartily. In the background, a Breton chest; on the right, a canvas on an easel” Georges Lafenestre Fernand Cormon (24 December 1845 – 20…
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01 Photograph, The amorous game, Sante D’Orazio’s Stephanie and Naomi, With Footnotes #84
Sante D’Orazio (American, b. January 23, 1956) is a Modern photographer. His interest in art began while studying fine arts at Brooklyn College. He also studied photography with Lou Bernstein (American, 1911–2005), a member of The New York Photo League, and worked under Philip Pearlstein (American, b.1924), an American Contemporary painter, from 1979 to 1980. A…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Francesco Vinea’s Serenade in the Tavern, With Footnotes #84
Sold for 20,000 USD in January 2011 Francesco Vinea (Forlì, August 10, 1845 – Florence, October 22, 1902) was an Italian painter, known for his period costume genre subjects. He studied first at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, but had to discontinue his studies due to his poverty, and spent some time traveling without a…
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