Tag: Fine Art
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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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09 Works, Today, January 31st, is Saints Cyrus and John’s Day, With Footnotes — 31
Saints Cyrus and John are venerated as martyrs. They are especially venerated by the Coptic Church and surnamed Wonderworking Unmercenaries because they are supposed to have healed the sick free of charge… Please follow link for full post
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Moses Soyer’s Ballet Class, with Footnotes. #133
Moses Soyer (December 25, 1899 — September 3, 1974) was an American social realist painter. Soyer was born in Borisoglebsk, Russian Empire, in 1899… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, José Navarro y Llorens’ Boulevard de Paris, with footnotes, Part 95
Estimate value €6,000-€7,000 in June 2023 The boulevards form an important part of the urban and social identity of Paris . They were built on the initiative of the central power, on the site of successive concentric fortifications of the city when these became obsolete. José Navarro y Llorens (1867–1923) was a Spanish painter, active in Valencia noted for his…
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13 Works, January 24th. is artist Vasily Ivanovich Surikov’s day, his story, illustrated #24
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (24 January 1848–19 March 1916) was a Russian Realist history painter. He was born to an old Cossack family, descending from Don Cossacks that had settled in Siberia… Please follow link for full post
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04 Paintings, Streets of Paris, Charles Cobelle’s Montmarte, Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame, with footnotes, Part 94
Paris has been one of the world’s major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the arts and sciences and its early adaptation of extensive street lighting, it became known as the City of Light in the 19th century… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Religious Art, Francesco Guarino’s Saint Anthony Abbot and the Centaur, with footnotes # 51
Sold for 40.625 USD in Jan 2011 The life of St Anthony Abbot was popularised during the thirteenth century by Jacopo da Voragine’s Golden Legend. Towards the end of his life, while on his way to visit St Paul the Hermit, who lived in the wilderness, St Anthony met a centaur who showed him the path…
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07 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, François d’Aubigné, the secret wife of Louis XIV, with Footnotes. #136
Françoise d’Aubigné, known first as Madame Scarron and subsequently as Madame de Maintenon was the last great female presence in the life of Louis XIV… Please follow link for full post
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03 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Franz Xaver Winterhalter and William Edward Frost’s Florinda la Cava, with Footnotes. #132
Florinda la Cava (at center left), or simply La Cava, is a character who, according to legend, played a central role in the downfall of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain in 711… Please follow link for full post
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02 Painting, RELIGIOUS ART – Sir Peter Paul Rubens and Pieter Bruegel the elder’s Christ and the woman taken in adultery, with footnotes #189
Watched by his disciples, Christ writes on the ground that he who is free of sin should cast the first stone at an adulterous woman. This biblical story challenged hypocrisy as well as demonstrating the virtue of mercy… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, RELIGIOUS ART – Florentine School’s Mary Magdalene , with footnotes #192
Sold for $3,200 USD in Feb 2023 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…
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01 Painting, RELIGIOUS ART – Valentin de Boulogne’s Christ crowned with thorns, with footnotes #191
Valentin focuses the scene on the interplay of the three figures, all done dal naturale, or from life. The compact drama transpires along a sweeping diagonal, accentuating the image’s theatrical tension. At left, an elaborately dressed young soldier kneels before Christ. Mere inches separate their faces, which are almost a study in opposites. The youth’s…
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Harry Morley’s A Wayside Madonna, with Footnotes – #53
A small group of women stand behind the foreground sitter, their silent attitudes seeming to turn in judgement against her. The gate to her village beyond is shut, symbolising the refusal of passage to the mother (Madonna) to her home; Palestine! Harry Morley was born in Leicester, England on 5 April 1881 and studied architecture at…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Henricus Gerardus de Korte’s Garden Party , with footnotes, Part 93
Estimate Price in May 2023, $600 – $800 A garden party is a gathering of people at an outdoor venue, particularly of social elites… Hennie De Korte was born January 5, 1941, he spent his early years in Australia after his family moved there from Utrecht, Holland. He first began to study painting in 1957…
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02 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, Juliana Séraphim’s Untitled , with Footnotes , #59
Seraphim was born in Jaffa in 1934, and was among the first waves of displaced Palestinian refugees to move to Beirut, Lebanon in 1952. She was 14 when her family fled first to Sidon by boat in 1949. After their move to Beirut, she worked in refugee relief while attending art classes….. Please follow link…
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12 Works, January 4th is Augustus Edwin John’s day, #004
Augustus Edwin John OM RA (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain…. Please follow link for full post
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15 works, Today, January 3rd, is Saint Genevieve’s day, her story, illustrated #003
St. Genevieve (422–512), was born at Nanterre, a village on the outskirts of Paris, during the time of Attila the Hun. She was a shepherdess, the only child of Severus and Gerontia, hardworking peasants… Please follow link for full post
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12 Works, Today January 3rd is August Robert Ludwig Macke’s day #003
August Robert Ludwig Macke (3 January 1887–26 September 1914) was a German Expressionist painter. He was one of the leading members of the German Expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider)… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, RELIGIOUS ART – Giampietrino’s Madonna nursing the Christ Child with Saint Anne, with footnotes #188
Sold for 252,000 USD in January 2023 Sitting on a stone parapet, the Virgin, in the pose of a Madonna lactans, nurses the infant Jesus as her own mother stands behind. The two women offer contrasting emotional responses to Christ’s ultimate fate: Saint Anne, shown with wizened features, stares stoically into the distance, while the Madonna diverts…
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