Tag: Alexandre Fragonard
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19 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 18 Old Master Artists’ interpretation of The Rape Of Lucretia, with Footnotes. #181
Lucretia (died ca. BC 508) was the daughter of magistrate Spurius Lucretius and the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. The marriage between Lucretia and Collatinus was depicted as the ideal Roman union, as both Lucretia and Collatinus were faithfully devoted to one another. According to Livy, Lucretia was an exemplar of “beauty and purity,” as…
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20 Works, October 26th. is Alexandre Fragonard’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #227
After Saladin’s victory at Attin (July 4, 1187), it was Jerusalem’s turn to fall under the blows of the Ayyubid forces. The siege will last from September 20 to October 2, 1187, and will see the Sultan of Egypt and Syria enter the holy city victorious. Alexandre-Évariste Coccinelle Fragonard (26 October 1780–10 November 1850) was…
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