Tag: Florentine School
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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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11 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 46
In the sixteenth century when Spain became a world power with vast possessions and sources of wealth in the New World, as well as possessions dotted about Europe, it might have been expected that a vigorous national school of painting would emerge, transforming the somewhat tentative or imitative character that painting in Spain had shown…
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11 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes – # 46
Florentine school circa 1700, circle of P. Dandini Saint Cecilia Oil on canvas 25 1/4 X 20 7/8 IN. 64 X 53 CM Private Collection St. Cecilia is one of the most famous of the Roman martyrs, even if the familiar stories about her are apparently not founded. The existence of the martyrs, however, is a…
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