Tag: Flemish School
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01 Work, The Art of War, Flemish School’s The Capture of Tunis, 1535, with footnotes
Sold for GBP 325,000 in Dec 2020 The Conquest of Tunis (1535) was a battle of the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars that was fought between a Habsburg/Christian alliance (backed by the Hafsid dynasty) and the Ottoman Empire (backed by two French galleys). The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, assembled an invasion force of 60,000 troops and 398 ships…
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01 Painting, Olympian deities, FLEMISH SCHOOL’s Cephalus and Procris, with footnotes # 46
Cephalus was married to Procris, a daughter of Erechtheus, an ancient founding-figure of Athens. One day the goddess of dawn, Eos, kidnapped Cephalus when he was hunting. The resistant Cephalus and Eos became lovers, and she bore him a son. However, Cephalus always pined for Procris, causing a disgruntled Eos to return him to her, making…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Flemish School’s Helena Fourment, with Footnotes. #111
Helena Fourment or Hélène Fourment (11 April 1614 – 15 July 1673) was the second wife of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens. She was the subject of a few portraits by Rubens, and also modeled for other religious and mythological paintings. Helena was the youngest child of Daniël I Fourment, a wealthy Antwerp silk and carpet…
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05 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 72
Nicolaes Maes, DORDRECHT 1634 – 1693 AMSTERDAM THE FLIGHT OF LOT Oil on canvas 42 1/2 by 37 1/2 in.; 108 by 95.3 cm. Private collection The story of Lot, nephew of Abraham, and his flight from the city of Sodom is told in Genesis (19: 1-28). Two angels, to whom Lot had given hospitality for…
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08 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 63
School of Sir Anthony van Dyck Madonna and Child Oil on canvas 34 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches (88.3 x 72.5 cm) Private collection The Nursing Madonna, Virgo Lactans, or Madonna Lactans, is an iconography of the Madonna and Child in which the Virgin Mary is shown breastfeeding the infant Jesus. The depiction is mentioned by…
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