Tag: Bible
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, JULES JOSEPH LEFEBVRE’S THE RED CLOAK, with Footnotes – #224
Sold for 13,750 USD in October 2019 Jules Joseph Lefebvre (F14 March 1836 – 24 February 1911) was a French figure painter, educator and theorist. Lefebvre entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1852 and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet. He won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1861. Between 1855 and 1898, he exhibited…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Italian School’s Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael, with Footnotes – #220
Sold for $1,000 USD in May 2022 Hagar is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis Chapter 16. She was an Egyptian handmaid of Sarah, who gave her to Abraham “to wife” to bear a child. The product of the union was Abraham’s firstborn, Ishmael, the progenitor of the Ishmaelites. After Sarah gave birth to…
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01 Religious Icon, Simone Martini’s Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus, with footnotes #40
The work is composed of a large central panel depicting the Annunciation, and two side panels with St. Ansanus (left), and female saint, generally identified with St. Maxima or St. Margaret, in the right, and four tondos in the cusps: Jeremiah, Ezechiel, Isiah and Daniel. The Annunciation shows the archangel Gabriel entering the house of…
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01 Works, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! VYACHESLAV KALININ’s The Exodus, with Footnotes – #46
The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew and in New Testament apocrypha. Soon after the visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee to Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus since King Herod would seek the child to kill him.…
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08 works, Today, August 21st, is the Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’s day, his story illustrated #233
Abraham is known as the patriarch of the Israelite people through Isaac, the son born to him and Sarah in their old age and the patriarch of Arabs through his son Ishmael, born to Abraham and Hagar-his wife Sarah’s Egyptian slave-girl… Please follow link for full post
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1 Religious Icon, Luca Signorelli’s Saint Nicholas of Bari saving three knights, with footnotes #11
Sold for 176,400 USD in January 2022 The reign of Constantine The Great was not always stable. Borders had to be protected, laws enforced and if unrest broke out or even a sniff of conspiracy surfaced, Constantine also dealt with these matters seriously and harshly. Often though he left law enforcement in regional centres to be…
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10 Works, The Art of War, Abbott Handerson Thayer’s An Angel Flew Over Gaza, with footnotes
The angels came to Gaza in the time of death and devastation! They flew over the city filled with death and destruction. The then came down to help the dead, the wounded, the orphaned and the suffering. The children who lost their families. The mothers who cried for help that wasn’t coming… Please follow link…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Arnold Böcklin’s The Lamentations of Mary Magdalene on the body of Christ, Nothing has changed in over 2000 years, with Footnotes #214
Arnold Böcklin came up with the idea for this painting while he was in Rome. The artist finally executed the painting in Basel, where it was shown in the Stadt-Casino from January 12 to 19, 1868, and was purchased by the Basel Museum Commission during the exhibition. More on this painting Mary Magdalene, literally translated as…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, The Art of War, Juan Correa de Vivar’s The Taking of Christ, with Footnotes #196
A detachment of Roman soldiers and its commander, were accompanied by “officials from the chief priests and Pharisees” who had been sent to arrest Jesus. Due to the throngs of people in Jerusalem during Passover, the Romans transferred auxiliary troops to the Fortress of Antonia. They were there to prevent mob riots and incipient rebellion at the…
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01 Work, In Memory of The Gaza Mother’s Miraculous Birthing of her Daughter Even After her Death. William Oxer’s Nativity, with Footnotes #219
Amid the massive doom that has been lying over Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war for the past six months, a miracle took place as a baby was delivered safely and alive from the womb of a Palestinian woman who was killed during an attack by Israel in Gaza city of Rafah on Sunday. More on this…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, The Art of War, John Wood’s The Death of Abel, with Footnotes #211
According to the Book of Genesis, Adam´s sons each made offerings to the Lord, who was pleased with Abel´s but not with Cain´s. Jealous of his brother, Cain slew Abel, suffering the ire of God and banishment. As tradition has it, Abel was beaten to death with the jawbone of an ass. The subject of…
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01 Work, The art of War, Nicolas Poussin’s The Victory of Joshua over the Amalekites, with Footnotes
The Amalekites, descendants of Amalek, were an ancient biblical nation living near the land of Canaan. They were the first nation to attack the Jewish people after the Exodus from Egypt, and they are seen as the archetypal enemy of the Jews. Joshua was successor to Moses, who led the Israelites through the Desert and…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Giovanni Battista Langetti’s Joseph interprets the baker’s dreams in prison, with Footnotes #216
Estimate for 20,000 – 30,000 GBP in April 2015 Joseph was falsely accused and thrown into prison. In prison, Joseph did the work of interpreting dreams for these politically connected individuals. Joseph met two of Pharaoh’s officials who were incarcerated, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. The chief baker he said to Joseph, “I also had a…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo’s Virgin and Child, with Footnotes #215
Often referred to as the “Santiago Madonna,” this painting once belonged to the Marqués de Santiago, whose collection contained many outstanding works by the artist. The popularity of Murillo’s paintings of the Virgin and Child derives from his ability to endow a timeworn theme with a quality of intimacy and sweetness evident in both the…
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01 Religious Icon, SUNIL DAS’ CHRIST, 2006, with footnotes #39
Estimate for $6,175-$7,410 in October 2022 Sunil Das was born in 1939 in Kolkata. He studied at the Government College of Arts and Craft, Calcutta. He also won the French Government Scholarship to study at the Ecole National des Beaux Arts in 1960. He has 50 solo shows to his credit. The artist has participated in…
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12 works, Today, October 16th, is Saint Hedwig’s day, her story illustrated #287
St. Hedwig was a strong mother and wife, and is honored for the faith that she brought to her husband and the people that they governed… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Frans Francken the Younger’s The Seven Acts of Mercy, with Footnotes #212
In St Matthew’s Gospel (25:35-36) Christ addresses the righteous and speaks of six acts of charity: feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, welcoming strangers, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and visiting those in prison. The seventh – burying the dead – is not mentioned there, but depictions of that particular act of charity…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Titian’s The Penitent Magdalene, with Footnotes #209
The subject of the penitent Mary Magdalene lifting her teary eyes to heaven gained great popularity in sixteenth-century Italy amongst aristocrats, religious figures and the wealthy middle class alike. Titian and his workshop created many copies and variations of this composition, at least seven of which are known today. This work is likely to have…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Giovanni Battista Pittoni’s The Penitent Magdalene, with Footnotes #210
The dark setting of the scene describes the cave where the saint decides to retire in prayer, mortifying her body with fasting. The kneeling figure with her face in profile is rendered through bold brushstrokes that become increasingly rapid near the outer edges of the painting, giving a sense of whirling motion to the entire…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Caravaggio’s The Penitent Magdalene, with Footnotes #202
Penitent Magdalene (also called Repentant Madalene) is a 16th-century oil on canvas. The painting portrays a repentant Mary Magdalene, bowed over in penitent sorrow as she leaves behind her dissolute life, its trappings abandoned beside her. At the time of its completion, ca. 1594–1595, the painting was unconventional for its contemporary realism and departure from traditional…
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