Tag: Ilya Repin
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68 Works and tales of Mermaids in Europe, Asia and Africa, with Footnotes #6
Artists: Charles Edouard Boutibonne, Edward Okun, Laura JamesDoris Prouty, Harald Oskar Sohlberg, Ralph Cahoon, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Arthur Wardle, Giovanni Segantini, Isobel Lilian Gloag, Edward Poynter, Edward Matthew Hale, Edvard Munch, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Aino, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Anton Teofil Kwiatkowski, Carl Bertling , Robert Anning Bell, William Arthur Breakspeare, Gerard de Lairesse, Howard Pyle, Julyan Davis, Albert Hanson,…
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14 Works, Today, July 4th, is the Romanovs’ day, their story in icons #185
The canonization of the Romanovs was the elevation to sainthood of the last Imperial Family of Russia — Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei, by the Russian Orthodox Church. The family was killed by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918… Please follow link for full post
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06 Works, Today, May 6th is the Prophet Job’s day, With Footnotes – #127
Job is a blessed man who lives righteously in the Land of Uz. The Lord’s praise of Job prompts an angel with the title of “satan” to suggest that Job served God simply because God protected him. God removes Job’s protection, and gives permission to the angel to take his wealth, his children, and his…
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02 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 5b
Ilya Repin, (1844–1930) Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom, c. 1876 Oil on canvas canvas Height: 3,225 mm (126.97 in). Width: 2,300 mm (90.55 in). State Russian Museum Sadko is the principal character in a Russian medieval epic bylina. He was an adventurer, merchant, and musician from Novgorod. One day, as Sadko was playing his gusli/zither on the…
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08 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 42
Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1450–1516) Triptych of the crucified Martyr, circa 1497-1505 Oil on panel Height: 104 cm (40.9 in). Width: 119 cm (46.9 in). Doge’s Palace, Venice The central panel depicts the crucifixion of a saint usually identified with Saint Julia of Corsica (sometimes with Saint Wilgefortis). In a depiction related to Christ’s crucifixion, the centrally…
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