Tag: Art
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08 Works, November 17th. is Agnolo Bronzino day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #242
Il Bronzino (born November 17, 1503, Florence [Italy]—died November 23, 1572, Florence) was a Florentine painter whose polished and elegant portraits are outstanding examples of the Mannerist style… Please follow link for full post
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04 Paintings, Streets of Paris, Jurij Frey’s Cafe, Paris, with footnotes, Part 89
Parisian cafés are a type of café found mainly in Paris, where they can serve as a meeting place, neighborhood hub, conversation matrix, rendez-vous spot, and a place to relax or to refuel for Parisian citizens… 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
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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02 Paintings by Orientalist Artist; William James Müller’s Mandraki harbour, and the Slave market, with footnotes, #103
William James Müller visited Athens, extending his travels to Egypt, and in the sketches executed during this period and the paintings produced from them his power and individuality are apparent. Shortly after his return he left Bristol and settled in London, where he exhibited regularly… Please follow link for full post
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02 Works, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy, with Footnotes – #58
Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), also called Saint Lucia (Latin: Sancta Lucia) better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox churches…
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17 Works, November 7th. is Paul Baudry’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #231
In the course of his residence in Italy Baudry derived strong inspiration from Italian art with the mannerism of Correggio, as was very evident in the two works he exhibited in the Salon of 1857… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Rupert BUNNY’s Burial of St Catherine of Alexandria, with Footnotes – #60
Saint Catherine of Alexandria is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius. According to her hagiography, she was both a princess and a noted scholar, who became a Christian around the age of fourteen, and converted hundreds of people…
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01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Peder Mønsted’s Washerwomen at Bordighera, with Footnotes. #154
Bordighera is a town and comune in the Province of Imperia, Liguria (Italy), located 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the land border between Italy and France. Having the “Capo Sant’Ampelio” which protrudes into the sea, it is the southernmost commune of the region. The cape is at around the same latitude as Pisa and features a little church…
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Portrait of Roxelana (Haseki Hurrem Sultan), with Footnotes #150
Known in the West as Roxelana, this painting depicts one of the most famous women of the Ottoman empire. Originally from what is now western Ukraine she was sold at an early age… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Eugene Berman’s The Masked Annunciation, with Footnotes – #59
Sold for US$1,147.50 in December 2022 In 1942, Berman worked on several sketch versions of the Masked Annunciation. The most finished version is in the permanent collection of the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida, but there are two other unsigned and undated versions illustrated in The Graphic Work of Eugene Berman (E.…
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01 Work, Middle East Artists, Omar El-Nagdi’s Untitled (Surat Yasin), with Footnotes #73
Estimate for 60,000 – 80,000 GBP in Oct 2025 Nagdi’s works can be found in the United States’ Congress Library, Washington DC; the Museum of Modern Art, Venice; the National Library, Paris; the Museum of Modern Art, Cairo; the Museum of Fine Art, Alexandria; and the Museum of Modern Art, South Korea. He has exhibited…
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09 works, Today, October 28th, is Judas Cyriacus’s day, his story illustrated #299
Adam Elsheimer, Elsheime, German painter and printmaker, recognized as an important figure in the development of 17th-century landscape painting, noted especially for his atmospheric use of light…. Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting – Marine Art, Duncan Gleason’s U.S. Coast Guard Cutter ‘Bear’, with Footnotes, #328
USS Bear was a dual steam-powered and sailing ship built with six-inch (15.2 cm)-thick sides which had a long life in various cold-water and ice-filled environs. She was a forerunner of modern icebreakers and had a diverse service life. According to the United States Coast Guard official website, Bear is described as “probably the most famous…
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01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Jamil Molaeb’s Jerusalem, with Footnotes, #63
Estimated for $7,000 USD – $10,000 USD in May 2025 Jamil Molaeb (1948) was born in Baissour, Lebanon. He started his artistic career in the seventies, after training under renowned artists such as Chafic Abboud and Paul Guiragossian at the Fine Arts Institute of the Lebanese University. In 1967, 18 years old Jamil Molaeb won the 3rd…
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01 Photograph, Albert Watson’s Linda at The 75th season for the Yankees, with Footnotes
The 1977 New York Yankees season was the 75th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 100–62 and won the World Series. The series victory was the 21st title in franchise history and the first under the ownership of George Steinbrenner. New York was managed by Billy Martin and played at…
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01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hans Makart’s Karoline Gomperz, with Footnotes. #153
Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheim, (1 June 1845, in Pest – 13 December 1925, in Vienna) was a Hungarian-Austrian court singer and member of the Royal Opera, Vienna. Her younger brother was Anton Bettelheim. She was born at Pest (Budapest), Hungary. She studied pianoforte with Karl Goldmark, and singing with Moritz Laufer. At the age of 14, she…
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01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Anthony van Dyck’s Portrait of a young woman, with Footnotes. #152
Makart was one of the premier portraitists of his time, with a clientele consisting of members of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie. He developed a specific style of female portrait, showing the sitter in full length, painted loosely in a sketch-like manner in a restrained colour palette. Some, however, criticised his work for its superficial treatment…
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01 Religious Icon, Matteo di Pacino’s Saint Ivo with a supplicating donor, with footnotes #53
Estimated for 80,000 – 120,000 USD in January 2023 Matteo di Pacino depicts a genuflecting donor, almost certainly the original patron, and Saint Ivo of Kermartin, a thirteenth-century canon lawyer and the patron saint of judges, notaries, and lawyers. Matteo took great care to render each man’s highly particularized physiognomies and the almost ogival folds of…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, Paul Rieth’s Adam and Eve, with Footnotes – #131
Estimated for 5,000 – 20,000 EUR in March 2023 In a desolate landscape of rocks and brown and red cliffs, with no way to escape, a naked Adam and Eve, marked by the original sin, lament their fate. Rieth has here reduced the narrative to its essentials, without introducing any unnecessary picturesque element, focusing on the guilt…
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