Tag: José Cruz Herrera
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART, Carlo Francesco Nuvolone’s Martyrdom of Saint Catherine – with footnotes #205
Sold for €10,000 EUR in November 2023 Saint Catherine of Alexandria is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius. According to her hagiography, she was both a princess and a noted scholar, who became a Christian around the age…
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artist; Jose Cruz Herrera’s Young Oriental lady with a necklace, with footnotes, #100
Estimate for 6,000 – 8,000 EUR in June 2017 José Cruz Herrera (1 October 1890 – 11 August 1972) was a Spanish painter who concentrated principally on genre works and landscape art. He worked in Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, France and especially Morocco, where he lived for much of his life in Casablanca. His talent was soon apparent…
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José Cruz Herrera, A draped reclining beauty 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, reclining beauty, with footnotes # 8
José Cruz Herrera (1 October 1890 – 11 August 1972) was a Spanish painter who concentrated principally on genre works and landscape art. He worked in Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, France and especially Morocco, where he lived for much of his life in Casablanca. His talent was soon apparent and he began formal training in Cádiz. He…
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07 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 11
Orientalism is a term that is used for the depiction of aspects in Middle Eastern cultures. It refers to the works of the Western artists on Oriental subjects, produced from their travels in Western Asia, during the 19th century. Depictions of Islamic “Moors” and “Turks” can be found in Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art. A creative…
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06 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., with Footnotes. #18
JOHN SINGER SARGENT (FLORENCE, 1856 – 1925, LONDON) MADAME GAUTREAU DRINKING A TOAST, c. 1882-1883 Oil on panel 32 x 41 cm (12 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.) Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Madame Pierre Gautreau, born Virginie Avegno (1859–1915), was Madame X, the statuesque sitter in Sargent’s most notorious portrait (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New…