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10 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 17
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) La bohémienne (Lise Tréhot), c. 1868 Oil on canvas Height: 85 cm (33.5 in). Width: 59 cm (23.2 in). Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) in Berlin Lise Tréhot was Renoir’s companion from about 1866 to 1871. He painted her at least 23 times, including Lise with a parasol (below) , painted in 1867, Renoir’s first…
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10 Icons from the Bible, with footnotes, #14
Italian School, 15th Century A Crucifix Tempera on gold ground panel 93.1/8 x 71½ in. (236.5 x 181.7 cm.) Private collection French School, 1501 Christ on the cross between two angels bearing the arms of the kingdom of France Oil on board h: 233 w: 132 cm Private collection The Latin quotation inscribed at the…
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10 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 18
John Singer Sargent, (1856–1925) Portrait of Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (1865-1932), c. 1892 Oil on canvas 127 × 101 cm (50 × 39.8 in) Scottish National Gallery Lady Gertrude Agnew was born in 1865, the daughter of the Hon. Gowran Vernon and granddaughter of Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden. She married Sir Andrew Agnew, 9th…
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11 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes – # 45
Charles Le Brun, Paris, 1619 – 1690 Saint Mary the Egyptian, c. 1841/1842 Top: Church of the Holy Sepulchre Bottom: Saint Zosima buried her body with the assistance of a lion Oil on canvas Private collection Mary of Egypt (c. 344 – c. 421) also known as Maria Aegyptica, was born somewhere in Egypt, and at…
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09 Paintings, Streets of Paris, by its Artists from 1850-1910 – Part 8 – With Footnotes
Claude Monet, (1840–1926) Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois Paris, c. 1867 Oil on canvas 79 × 98 cm (31.1 × 38.6 in) Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany The Church of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois is situated at 2 Place du Louvre, Paris. Founded in the 7th century, the church was rebuilt many times over several centuries. It now has construction in Roman, Gothic and…
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15 Sculptures of Mater Dolorosa, by Pedro de Mena the Bible! 17th Century. With Footnotes, # 11
Pedro de Mena was a Spanish sculptor who is considered to be the most famous representative of the Granada strand of the Baroque school of sculpture in Spain. He dedicated his life’s work to producing sculptures depicting religious imagery, just as his father had done before him. Pedro de Mena (Spanish, Granada 1628–1688 Málaga) Mater…
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10 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, #13
Victor Huguet, 1835 – 1902, FRENCH RIDERS IN A RAVINE Oil on canvas 118 by 100cm., 46½ by 39¼in Private Collection Victor Pierre Huguet , born Lude the 1 st May 1835 and died in Paris August 16, 1902, was a French, landscape and genre painter.. He was a pupil of Emile Loubon in Marseille and received advice from…
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11 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 16
Corneille de La Haye dit de Lyon and his workshop LA HAYE 1500/1510 – 1575 LYON PORTRAIT OF MADAME ANNE DE PISSELEU, DUCHESSE D’ETAMPES Oil on panel 17 x 14 cm; 6 3/4 by 5 1/2 in Private Collection Anne de Pisseleu d’Heilly, the duchesse d’Etampes. Anne was born in 1508 (making her fourteen years…
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10 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, 12
Victor Huguet, 1835 – 1902 MARKET IN THE DESERT Oil on canvas 66 by 86.5cm., 26 by 34in. Private Collection While Huguet’s desert scenes typically depict riders advancing through the landscape, or pausing briefly for a drink at a wadi, this particularly atmospheric, impressionistic example evokes the bustle of a gathered crowd. Clothed in burnous…
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12 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes
This post you are about to view contain some nude photographs. If you are offended by nudity, if you are younger than 18 years of age, or if viewing nude images is not legal where you live, please go back. Cesar Santos, (b. 1982) Three Graces (aka the Charities) Oil on linen 48 x 40 in…
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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 as Saint Mark’s Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy. It is the most famous of the city’s…
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10 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #27
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, 1863 – 1923 Arrival of the Boats, c. 1898 Oil on canvas Private Collection Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by…
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12 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #26
William H. Yorke, (British, 1847-1921) Canadian Brigantine *Aeronaut* from Nova Scotia, ca. 1888 Oil on canvas 60 x 90 cm (24 by 36 inch) North American Collection The Aeronaut flies the Canadian Merchant ensign with a crest in the middle of the red field. The crest, adopted in the mid 1880s, differentiates it from the British…
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11 Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 & 16th Century. With Footnotes -# 9
I search Art History for Beautiful works that may, or may not, have a secondary or unexpected story to tell. I then write short summaries that grow from my research. Art work is so much more when its secrets are exposed
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14 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. # 15
École ROMAINE Woman and bouquet of flowers, c. 1670 Oil on canvas 108 x 108,5 cm Private Collection Roman School, 17th Century. Both Michelangelo and Raphael worked in Rome, making it the centre of High Renaissance; in the 17th century it was the centre of the Baroque movement represented by Bernini and Pietro da Cortona. From…
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14 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #23
Frederick Tudgay, John Tudgay Battle of Heligoland, c. 1864 Oil on canvas 35-1/2 x 58-3/4 in. (90.1 x 149.2 cm.) Private Collection The Battle of Heligoland (or Helgoland) was fought on 9 May 1864, during the Second War of Schleswig between the navy of Denmark and the navy of Austria. The latter’s ally, Prussia, sent…
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14 Classic Works of Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, # 25
Franz Emil Krause, 1836-1900 Cutter in Harbour with sailing boat approaching, Oil on canvas 24 x 39.4 cm (9.5 x 15.5 ins) Private collection A cutter can be either a small- or medium-sized vessel whose occupants exercise official authority. Examples are harbor pilots’ cutters and cutters of the U.S. Coast Guard, or UK Border Force……
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