Tag: Ancient
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05 Works, Today, May 7th is San Acacio’s day, With Footnotes – #128
The Holy Martyr Acacius, who lived mostly in the III Century, was born at Cappadocia and was a centurion of the Martesian regiment under the military officer Firmus… Please follow link for full post
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01 Religious Icon, Follower of Joos van Cleve’s Virgin and Child, with footnotes #47
Estimate for 15,000 – 20,000 EUR in November 2022 In the tradition of small paintings kept in the private sphere, our Virgin and Child was dedicated to private devotion. In the tradition of Gérard David, the models circulated and spread widely in Flanders throughout thesixteenth century. More on this Icon Virgin and Child or Madonna and Child or…
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02 Works , RELIGIOUS ART, Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder’s The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man – with footnotes #203
The scene is a reference to Genesis 2:8–14 and hosts a variety of animals, presumably 100, from diverse ecosystems. There is a Capuchin Monkey from South America, hidden to the left, who bites into an apple to symbolize the sin about the be committed by Adam and Eve… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART, Juan De Flandes’ Deposition from the Cross – with footnotes #206
Estimated for €2,500.00 in Feb 2023 The Descent from the Cross, or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels’ accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion. In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in the West from…
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01 Work , RELIGIOUS ART, Alphonse Legros’ Femmes en Prière/ Women at prayer – with footnotes #201
This work portrays a group of mainly young women, seated or kneeling to pray, in a dimly lit austere French church. The women are all dressed in black with primarily white caps. One cannot conceive anything more gently touching than this grand and pensive scheme, where all is on the same lofty level – sentiment,…
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Friedrich Fehr’s Nuns Gathering Flowers, with Footnotes – #52
Estimated for 22,500 USD in April 2025Friedrich Fehr first attended the Munich Academy of Fine Arts (1878–84), where he studied under Alexander Strahuber and Ludwig Von Lofftz. In 1885, Fehr was awarded the prestigious Martin von Wagner Foundation scholarship, which enabled him to live and study for five years in Italy. In 1890, Fehr returned to Germany,…
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08 Works, Today, April 10th, is Gregory V of Constantinople’s day, With Footnotes – #97
Georgios Angelopoulos was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1797 to 1798, from 1806 to 1808 and from 1818 to 1821. He was responsible for much restoration work to the Patriarchal Cathedral of St George, which had been badly damaged by fire in 1738s… Please follow link for full post
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03 Works , RELIGIOUS ART, Gustav Rienacker’s Salome – with footnotes #204
Salome was the daughter of Herod II and Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas… Please follow link for full post
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01 Religious Icon, Central Franconian Master’s Saint Margaret of Antioch, with footnotes #46
Sold for USD 39,000 .- in Nov 2022 St. Margaret of Antioch, also called St. Marina, (flourished 3rd or 4th century, Antioch, Syria), virgin martyr and was one of the most venerated saints during the Middle Ages. Her story, generally regarded to be fictitious, is substantially that of the Eastern St. Marina of Antioch and is related…
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01 Work , RELIGIOUS ART, Italian School, 16th Century’s Angel – with footnotes #202
An angel is a spiritual, heavenly, or supernatural being, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a messenger or intermediary between God and humanity in various traditions like the Abrahamic religions. Other roles include protectors and guides for humans, such as guardian angels and servants of God. In Western belief-systems the term is often used…
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01 Work , RELIGIOUS ART, Italian School, 16th Century, THE VIRGIN AND CHRIST AT THE TOMB WITH TWO ANGELS – with footnotes #199
Sold for 245,000 USD in January 2015 The painting was clearly produced by a painter conversant in both Northern and Venetian trends of painting. The composition ultimately derives from a Pietà designed by Michelangelo Buonarotti. It is not known whether Michelangelo executed the eventual painting but his drawing, dated to circa 1546, survives today in the…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Donato Creti’s The Penitent Magdalene, with Footnotes – #211
Mary Magdalene, literally translated as Mary the Magdalene or Mary of Magdala, is a figure in Christianity who, according to the Bible, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers. She is said to have witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Within the four Gospels she is named more than most of the apostles. Based on…
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05 Works, Today, March 2nd, is Holy Martyr Euthalia’s Day, With Footnotes – #60
The Holy Martyr Euthalia was from Sicily, and she had a mother who also was named Euthalia who suffered from a flow of blood. One night the mother beheld the three Holy Martyrs Alphius, Philadelphos and Cyprinus in a dream, who said to her… Please follow link for full post
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05 Works, February 21st is Saint Zachariah’s Day, With Footnotes – #51
Saint Zachariah, was the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Church of Jerusalem from 609 to 632. Patr. Zacharias spent most of his patriarchate as a prisoner of the Persian King Chozroes… Please follow link for full post
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06 Works , RELIGIOUS ART, Saint Mary Magdalene by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino- with footnotes #196
Mary of Magdala was a leading figure among those attracted to Jesus. When the men in that company abandoned him at the hour of mortal danger, Mary of Magdala was one of the women who stayed with him, even to the Crucifixion…. Please follow link for full post
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01 Religious Icon, Theotokos of Vladimir, the holy protectress of Russia, with footnotes #45
Theotokos of Vladimir. About 1131 the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople sent the icon as a gift to Grand Duke Yury Dolgorukiy of Kiev. The image was kept in a monastery, until Dolgorukiy’s son Andrey Bogolyubskiy brought it to his favourite city, Vladimir, in 1155. Tradition tells that the horses transporting the icon stopped near Vladimir…
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10 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Margaret, Duchess of Parma, with Footnotes. #137
The court painter Anthonis Mor probably made this portrait of Margaret, Duchess of Parma (1522-1586), around the time her half-brother, Philip II of Spain, appointed her to be governor of the Netherlands in August of 1559 Please follow link for full post
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