Tag: Alexander
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20 Works, November 17th. is Pierre Mignard’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #236
Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (17 November 1612 – 30 May 1695), called “Mignard le Romain” to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter known for his religious and mythological scenes and portraits… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Charles Le Brun’s The passage of the Granicus, with footnotes
The Battle of the Granicus in May 334 BC was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great of Macedon and the Persian Achaemenid Empire… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The Art of War, Theophilos Hatzimihail’s Alexander the Great killing Mithridates, with footnotes
Sold for £90,000 on 16 November 2016 Mighty, regal and handsome as an Olympian god, his golden armour flashing lightning, Alexander the Great, riding Bucephalus, his beloved black stallion and one of antiquity’s most famous horses, plunges his lance in the body of Mithridatis, a high ranking Persian and son-in-law of king Darius III, at the…
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12 Works, November 22st. is Charles Meynier’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #240
Charles Meynier (1763 or 1768, Paris — 1832, Paris) was a French painter of historical subjects in the late 18th and early 19th century. He was a contemporary of Antoine-Jean Gros und Jacques-Louis David… Please follow link for full post
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20 Works, November 17th. is Pierre Mignard’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #236
The sea occupies the background of a winter landscape. Time or Saturn, accompanied by the Winged Genii, throws rain and ice from the top of the clouds. Pierre Mignard or Pierre Mignard I (17 November 1612–30 May 1695), called “Mignard le Romain” to distinguish him from his brother Nicolas Mignard, was a French painter known…
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18 Works, October 9th. is Jean-Baptiste Regnault’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #219
Signature of the marriage contract of Prince Jérôme Bonaparte and Frédérique-Catherine of Wurtemberg. In the presence of the imperial family at the Tuileries, August 22, 1807 Depicted people: Caroline Bonaparte, Elisa Bonaparte, Hortense de Beauharnais, Jerome Bonaparte, Joseph Bonaparte, Josephine de Beauharnais, Julie Clary, Letizia Bonaparte, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon, Pauline Bonaparte Jean-Baptiste Regnault…
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07 Works, Today, June 10th, is Saints Antonina and Alexander’s day, his story in Paintings #161
The Holy Martyrs Alexander and Antonina the Virgin. Saint Antonina was from the city of Krodamos. She was arrested for being a Christian, and was brought before the governor Festus. He urged her to worship the pagan gods, promising to make her a priestess of the goddess Artemis… Please follow link for full post
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