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Sold for EUR 37,000 in May 2012 The present composition partly derives from the painting by Pieter Breughel I in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels (inv. no. 584). Emerging from distant depths in a halo of light, monsters are thrown to earth as from a breaking wave. Angels combat them, led by St Michael, thin…

01 Work, The Art of War, Louis Masreliez’s An Allegory of War, with footnotes

Nov 28, 2023

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Sold for USD 62,500 in Apr 2021 The present Allegory of War depicts a furious Minerva, Roman goddess of War, dismounting her horse-drawn chariot, shield in one hand, thunderbolt in the other, charging toward a distant battle. Above her flies the winged, bearded, bare-chested Boreas, ancient god of the cold North Wind, accompanied by winged zephyrs,…

1 Painting, The art of War, Tony Robert-Fleurys The Last Day of Corinth, with footnotes

Oct 31, 2023

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In 146 BC, the Greek city of Corinth fell to Rome. Robert-Fleury depicts the moment when the Roman army enters the sacked city. The women of Corinth, fearing the fate reserved for them, took refuge at the foot of the statue of Athena. The work of the young artist, who took three years to complete…

01 Painting, Peter Paul Rubens, Consequences of War, 1638-1639, with footnotes

Oct 29, 2023

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Consequences of War, also known as Horror of war, serves as a commentary on a European continent ravaged by the Thirty Years’ War, and the artist employed numerous symbols, both contemporary and ancient, to deplore the state of the continent. Mars the Roman god of war charges with shield and sword as well as breastplate…

06 Paintings, Olympian deities, William Etty’s Venus, with footnotes # 47

Oct 27, 2023

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Venus is the Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas… Please follow link for full post

01 Painting, Olympian deities, Arthur Rackham’s Andromeda, with footnotes # 46

Oct 26, 2023

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Sold for £88,500 in September 2022 Rackham has applied his unique imagery and style to the myth of Andromeda. The princess has been chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the sea monster, Cetus, sent by Poseidon as punishment for Andromeda’s mother’s claim to be of greater beauty than the sea dwelling Nereids. Andromeda…

01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Giovanni Battista Langetti’s Joseph interprets the baker’s dreams in prison, with Footnotes #216

Oct 26, 2023

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Estimate for 20,000 – 30,000 GBP in April 2015 Joseph was falsely accused and thrown into prison. In prison, Joseph did the work of interpreting dreams for these politically connected individuals. Joseph met two of Pharaoh’s officials who were incarcerated, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. The chief baker he said to Joseph, “I also had a…

01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo’s Virgin and Child, with Footnotes #215

Oct 23, 2023

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Often referred to as the “Santiago Madonna,” this painting once belonged to the Marqués de Santiago, whose collection contained many outstanding works by the artist. The popularity of Murillo’s paintings of the Virgin and Child derives from his ability to endow a timeworn theme with a quality of intimacy and sweetness evident in both the…

01 Painting, Olympian deities, North Italian School’s Pan and Syrinx, with footnotes # 45

Oct 22, 2023

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In classical Greek mythology, Syrinx was a nymph and a follower of Artemis, known for her chastity. Pursued by the amorous god Pan, she ran to a river’s edge and asked for assistance from the river nymphs. In answer, she was transformed into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god’s frustrated…

01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Bartolomé Estebán Murillo’s Virgin and Child with Saint John, with Footnotes #214

Oct 22, 2023

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Sold for 269,000 GBP in April 2015 Murillo’s many depictions of the Virgin and Child were enormously successful: he endowed a conventional Catholic subject with newfound intimacy through soft modeling and naturalistic details. Like Zurbarán and Velázquez, Murillo was trained in Seville, where he spent his whole career. More on this paintingBartolomé Esteban Murillo (born late December…

01 Religious Icon, SUNIL DAS’ CHRIST, 2006, with footnotes #39

Oct 21, 2023

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Estimate for $6,175-$7,410 in October 2022 Sunil Das was born in 1939 in Kolkata. He studied at the Government College of Arts and Craft, Calcutta. He also won the French Government Scholarship to study at the Ecole National des Beaux Arts in 1960. He has 50 solo shows to his credit. The artist has participated in…

08 works, October 20th, is Saint Ursula’s day, her story illustrated #291

Oct 20, 2023

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Roman Emperor Maximian, having conquered Brittany, sent 100,000 colonists there from Great Britain together with 30,000 soldiers. He placed the territory under the government of the Breton prince Conanus Meriadocus. Lacking adequate females, Conanus decided to bring young women from Great Britain to marry his subjects. He appealed to King Dionotus of Cornwall… Please follow…

07 Works, Interpretation of the bible, At Gaza in Palestine, Saint Porphyrius the bishop, with Footnotes #211

Oct 20, 2023

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Born at Thessalonica, he lived as an anchorite for fifteen years at Sceti, and just as many across the Jordan, outstanding in his kindness to the poor. Ordained afterwards as Bishop of Gaza, he overturned many temples of idolatry… Please follow link for full post

04 Paintings, The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents, by Gustave Doré, Guido Reni and Peter Paul Rubens, with footnotes

Oct 18, 2023

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The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is an incident in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem… Please follow link for full post

12 works, Today, October 16th, is Saint Hedwig’s day, her story illustrated #287

Oct 16, 2023

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St. Hedwig was a strong mother and wife, and is honored for the faith that she brought to her husband and the people that they governed… Please follow link for full post

22 Works, The story of The world’s first supermodel, Phryne by Henryk Siemiradzki, Paul Delaroche, Ippolito Buzzi, Angelica Kauffmann, James McNeill Whistler, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jose Frappa, Franz von Stuck, Salvator Rosa, Joseph Mallord William Turner, and others, with footnotes

Oct 14, 2023

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26 Photographs, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporay interpretations of the Bible by Ramon Martinez, Frantisek Drtikol, Stanislav Istratov, Alexandros Raskolnick, Fabien ROUIRE, Cindy Sherman, Sergey Bocharov and Marcel Duchamp, with footnotes

Oct 10, 2023

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02 Works, Interpretation of the bible, St. Blandina in the Amphitheater of Lyon, by Emilio Magistretti and Jules-Antoine Duvaux, with Footnotes #213

Oct 10, 2023

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Saint Blandina (French: Blandine, died 177 AD) was a Christian during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. She belonged to the band of martyrs of Lyon who, after some of their number had endured frightful tortures, suffered martyrdom in 177 AD… Please follow link for full post

01 Painting, Olympian deities, François Boucher’s Hunting nymphs, with footnotes # 44

Oct 8, 2023

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