Tag: Art
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Adolf Humborg (Austrian, 1847-1913), with Footnotes #88
Sold for USD 5,520 in Oct 1998 Adolf Humborg (January 18, 1847 Oraviţa – April 14, 1921 Munich) was an Austrian painter. Humborg studied at the Art Academy in Vienna between 1867 and 1872. He then completed his studies at the Academy of Arts in Munich, where he attended the class of professor Alexander von Wagner (1838-1904).…
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04 Paintings, The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents, by Gustave Doré, Guido Reni and Peter Paul Rubens, with footnotes
The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is an incident in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Simon Buret’s The Porous Lights, with Footnotes #87
Sold for 4,445 EUR in February 2023 Simon Buret grew up in Paris, and studied acting at Acting International. His acting career began in 2005, with brief appearances in Les Chevaliers du ciel and Dans tes rêves. At the same time, Simon meets Olivier Coursier with whom he creates the music group AaRON, in which he is…
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04 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Today October 16th Is The Anniversary of The Execution of Marie Antoinette, with Footnotes #230
Marie Antoinette’s trial began on 14 October 1793; she was convicted two days later by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed, also by guillotine, at the Place de la Révolution… Please follow link for full post
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03 Marine Works, Frederick (Frank) William Scarbrough’s Pool of London, With Footnotes #317
The Pool of London is a stretch of the River Thames from London Bridge to below Limehouse. Part of the Tideway of the Thames, the Pool was navigable by tall-masted vessels bringing coastal and later overseas goods — the wharves there were the original part of the Port of London… Please follow link for full post
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01 MARINE ART, AFÉLIX ZIEM’S L’ESCAUT À ANVERS, WITH FOOTNOTES #316
Sold for USD 6,300 in Apr 2022L’Escaut à Anvers is a 350-kilometre-long river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea. Félix Ziem (February 26, 1821 – November 10, 1911) was a French painter in the style of the Barbizon School. He was born…
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22 Works, The story of The world’s first supermodel, Phryne by Henryk Siemiradzki, Paul Delaroche, Ippolito Buzzi, Angelica Kauffmann, James McNeill Whistler, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jose Frappa, Franz von Stuck, Salvator Rosa, Joseph Mallord William Turner, and others, with footnotes
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05 Works, The Art Of The Nude, Hedy Lamarr in kstase and White Cargo, with footnotes # 23
After a brief early film career in Czechoslovakia, including the controversial Ecstasy (1933), Hedy Lamarr fled from her husband, a wealthy Austrian ammunition manufacturer, and secretly moved to Paris… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Antoon Heinsbergen’s Paris Opera House, with footnotes, Part 92
For sale for 4,500 USD in October 2023 A panoramic view of early twentieth-century Paris with early automobiles, charabancs and pedestrians filling the boulevards converging on the Paris Opera beneath sunny blue skies. Opéra, also known as Palais Garnier, formerly Académie Nationale de Musique, Parisian opera house designed by Charles Garnier. The building, considered one of…
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02 Works, Interpretation of the bible, St. Blandina in the Amphitheater of Lyon, by Emilio Magistretti and Jules-Antoine Duvaux, with Footnotes #213
Saint Blandina (French: Blandine, died 177 AD) was a Christian during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. She belonged to the band of martyrs of Lyon who, after some of their number had endured frightful tortures, suffered martyrdom in 177 AD… Please follow link for full post
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06 Paintings, The Art Of The Nude, by Iranian Artist Pegah Samaie, with footnotes # 126
“The title gives a great starting insight into what is going on here, but I soon found that it only scratched the surface…” Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Olympian deities, François Boucher’s Hunting nymphs, with footnotes # 44
Sold for 150,000 EUR in June 2017 These two attendants of Diana, isolated in their verdant forest with their hunting spoils at their side, occupy today the main subject of a painting, which was certainly part of an overdoor panel transformed into an easel painting during the early 19th century. The attribution to François Boucher is…
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01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Herb Ritts’ Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana and Naomi, with footnotes # 245
Sold for 150,000 USD in April 2018 Stephanie, Cindy, Christy, Tatjana, Naomi, Hollywood is a black and white photograph taken in 1989 by photographer and director Herb Ritts (American, 1952–2002). The subject of the photograph is a group of five women coyly entwined together in an embrace. Each of the five women – Stephanie Seymour, Cindy Crawford,…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Federico Zandomeneghis Au théâtre/ At the theater, with footnotes, Part 91
Two élégantes of the Paris beau monde are seen from behind, entranced by the dazzling performance by the young troupe of dancers unfolding on the stage before them. The setting is almost certainly the capital’s new opera house, recently opened in 1875 – the Palais Garnier, named after its architect, Charles Garnier, and home to…
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01 Painting, of The amorous game, Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet’s A Choice, With Footnotes #8
Estimated for 10,000 – 15,000 USD in February 2018 Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet (12 April 1840, Uzès – 11 April 1920, Paris) was a French painter and engraver; best known for his historical and costume genre scenes. His father was the owner of a café and a liqueur manufacturer who moved his family to Lyon in 1846. He…
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01 Painting, Marine Art, ANGE-JOSEPH-ANTOINE ROUX’s ACTION BETWEEN FRIGATES, With Footnotes #314
Sold for $1,200 in August 2017 HMS Ambuscade was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built in 1773. The French captured her in 1798 but the British recaptured her in 1803. She was broken up in 1810. On 13 December 1798, Ambuscade captured a French merchantman, Faucon, with a cargo of sugar and coffee bound for…
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05 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude by Tomio Seike, with footnotes #205
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Giulio Rosati’s Conversation, with footnotes #91
Sold for GBP 12,500 in December 2019 Giulio Rosati, 1858 – Rome – 1917, specialised in eighteenth century costume pieces, comical scenes of from the life of the clergy and Orientalist subjects. His preferred medium was watercolour, though he also worked in oils. Rosati studied at the Academy of Rome. He was the pupil of several eminent artists, in…
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