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Gioacchino Pagliei, The Naiads 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 6a
Gioacchino Pagliei The Naiads, c. 1881 Oil on Canvas In Greek mythology, the Naiads were a type of female water nymph who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water. Naiads were associated with fresh water, as the Oceanids, the sea nymphs who were the three thousand daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys,…
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Samuel Walters, THE BRITISH MERCHANTMAN CLIFFORD IN A STIFF BREEZE 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #111
Samuel Walters, LONDON 1811 – 1882 LIVERPOOL THE BRITISH MERCHANTMAN CLIFFORD IN A STIFF BREEZE, PREPARING TO PICK UP HER PILOT OFF THE GREAT ORME, NORTH WALES, ON THE RETURN FROM HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO INDIA, c. 1885 Oil on canvas 63.5 x 99.2 cm.; 25 x 39 in. Private collection The iron ship Clifford was…
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Dutch School, A Dutch Fleet in a Storm 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #110
Dutch School, 17th Century A Dutch Fleet in a Storm Oil on canvas 29 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches (75.5 x 65.5 cm) Private collection The Dutch School were painters in the Netherlands from the early Renaissance to the Baroque. It includes Early Netherlandish (1400–1500) and Dutch Renaissance (1500–1584) artists active in the northern Low Countries and,…
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Ryzhenko Pavel Viktorovich, Peresvet victory 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of Russian mythology, With Footnotes – 101
Ryzhenko Pavel Viktorovich Peresvet victory, c. 2005 Oil on canvas 170×210 cm Private collection Alexander Peresvet was a Russian Orthodox Christian monk who fought in a single combat with the Tatar champion Temir-murza at the opening of the Battle of Kulikovo (8 September 1380), where they killed each other. He is believed to have hailed from…
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Paul Joanowits, BASHI-BAZOUKS BEFORE A GATEWAY 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 21
Paul Joanowits, 1859 – 1957, SERBIAN BASHI-BAZOUKS BEFORE A GATEWAY, c. 1887-88. Oil on panel 46 by 35cm., 18 by 14¾in. Private collection Bashi-bazouks were irregulars in the Ottoman army and hailed from lands across the Ottoman empire, from Egypt to the Balkans. The strain on the Ottoman feudal system caused by the Empire’s wide expanse required…
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Antwerp School, The Lamentation of Christ, 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible!, With Footnotes – 97
Antwerp School, circa 1540 The Lamentation of Christ, circa 1540 Oil on panel 37 x 27 cm Private collection The Lamentation of Christ is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque. After Jesus was crucified, his body was removed from the cross and his friends mourned over his…
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Raja Ravi Varma, Tillottama 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of Hindu mythology, With Footnotes – 98
Raja Ravi Varma, 1848 -1906 Untitled (Tillottama), c. 1896 Oil on canvas 20 x 13¼ in. (50.8 x 33.5 cm.) Private collection Tilottama is a Apsaras, celestial nymphs, from Hindu mythology. In the epic Mahabharata, Tilottama was created at Brahma’s request by using the best possible assets to create an almost perfect being. Her purpose was to…
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ANTONIO JACOBSEN, Harmonia 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #109
ANTONIO JACOBSEN, 1850-1921 Harmonia, circa 1875-76. Oil on canvas 18 by 30 inches, (45.7 by 76.2 cm) Private collection Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (November 2, 1850 – February 2, 1921) was a Danish-born American maritime artist known as the “Audubon of Steam Vessels”. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark where he attended the Royal Academy…
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Franz Richard Unterberger, RIO DEI OGNISSANTI WITH SANTA MARIA DEL ROSARIO, VENICE 01 Paintings of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, Antoine Bouvard, with foot notes. #36
Franz Richard Unterberger, 1837 – 1902, AUSTRIAN RIO DEI OGNISSANTI WITH SANTA MARIA DEL ROSARIO, VENICE Oil on canvas 78.5 by 119.5cm., 31 by 47in. Private collection Painted from the Rio dei Ognissanti looking north west, facing the Ponte Trevisan with the church of Santa Maria del Rosario in the background. More on this painting The…
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Raphael von Ambros, MERCHANT BEFORE THE SABIL OF NAFISA AL-BAYDA, CAIRO 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 20
Raphael von Ambros, 1845-1895, AUSTRIAN MERCHANT BEFORE THE SABIL OF NAFISA AL-BAYDA, CAIRO Oil on panel 46 by 31cm., 18 by 12¼in. Private collection This Ottoman building built by Nafisa al-Bayda dates back to the year of 1796 AD. Nafisa al-Bayda began her life as a slave and then was married in the mid 1700s to a man…
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Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger, Aristocratic ladies promenading at the city walls, 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #36
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger, (FRENCH 1824 – 1888) Aristocratic ladies promenading at the city walls, c. 1869 Oil on canvas 73 x 50cm Private collection Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (25 April 1824 – October 1888) was a French figure painter known for his classical and Orientalist subjects. He was born at Paris in 1824, and orphaned at age…
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FAITH RINGGOLD, Somebody Stole My Broken Heart 01 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #35
FAITH RINGGOLD, (1930 – ) Somebody Stole My Broken Heart, c. 2004 Acrylic and pen and ink on wove paper 610×457 mm; 24×18 inches Private collection With this work on paper, Faith Ringgold depicts the first panel of her 2004 Jazz Stories: Mama can Sing, Papa can Blow series of story quilts. The quilt series…
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Raphael, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes 01 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 47 c
Raphael, 1483 – 1520 The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, c. 1515-1516 Bodycolour on paper on canvas 320 × 390 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Pope Leo X commissions Raphael to design ten draperies for the lower parts of the walls of the Sistine Chapel. In 1515-16 Raphael creates the cartoons for the wool and…
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Jean-Jacques Henner, Saint Fabiola 01 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 47b
Jean-Jacques Henner, 1829 – 1905 Saint Fabiola copy of lost original Saint Fabiola was a nurse (physician) and Roman matron of rank of the company of noble Roman women who, under the influence of the Church father St. Jerome gave up all earthly pleasures and devoted themselves to the practice of Christian asceticism and charitable work. More…
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MIGUEL RUDECINDO CONTRERAS, MARY AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible!, With Footnotes – 96
MIGUEL RUDECINDO CONTRERAS, (MEX., ACT. MID 18TH CENTURY) MARY AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS Oil on canvas 167 x 106 cm Private collection The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judea, most likely between AD 30 and 33. Jesus’ crucifixion is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles. Jesus…
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