Tag: Paintings
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11 paintings, Richard Durando Togo’s Day at the Market, with Footnotes
A “gypsy fruit market” refers to a market, often temporary or itinerant, where fruits and vegetables are sold, sometimes by Romani people… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris,Victor Gabriel Gilbert’s A flower seller on les grands boulevards, with footnotes, Part 86
Estimate at 60,000 – 80,000 USD in June 2023 Filled with concert venues, theatres, cafés and restaurants, the Grands Boulevards area has long been popular with Parisians as a place of enjoyment and relaxation. There are many treasures to be uncovered: grand architecture, places steeped in history, covered passages that have retained their old-world charm,…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART, IGian Girolamo Bonesi’s Madonna with Child and San Giovannino – with footnotes #207
Sold for €4,800 EUR in May 2023 Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi (1653–1725) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Bologna. He was the pupil of the painter Giovanni Maria Viani, but followed the style of Carlo Cignani. He painted a St Francis of Sales kneeling before the Virgin for the church of…
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Gonzalo Bilbao Martinez’s Procession of the Seven Words, with Footnotes – #53
The “Procession of the Seven Words” refers to a religious event, a solemn procession that often takes place on Good Friday, where participants, particularly members of religious brotherhoods, reflect on and commemorate the seven last words of Jesus on the cross. The artwork depicts the entrance of the Brotherhood of the Seven Words into a…
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02 Paintings, Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David and Julie Roberts, with footnotes
The Death of Marat (La Mort de Marat or Marat Assassiné) is a 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the artist’s friend and murdered French revolutionary leader, Jean-Paul Marat. One of the most famous images from the era of the French Revolution…” Please follow link for full post
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01 Photograph – Marine Art, Kasia Derwinska’s Melancholy has the scent of sea, With Footnotes, #323
On sale for C$1,095 in May 2025 Kasia Derwinska “Photography is my way of communicating with the world. In my work, I talk about own experiences, thoughts, doubts, fears and hopes trying to reflect my own life’s path. In addition to my experiences, my creations are inspired by night dreams as since childhood I remember most…
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01 Work of the Canals of Venice, Terrick Williams’ Moonlight, Venice, with footnotes #130
Estimated for 18 000 – 20 600 USD in May 2020 John Terrick Williams RA (20 July 1860 – 20 July 1936). Williams was born in Liverpool, England, the son of a businessman. He was educated at Kings College School, London. Determination to become an artist he move to Europe and studied under Charles Verlat in Antwerp…
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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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01 painting, The amorous game, Hans Makart’s Richard III Courting Lady Anne, with Footnotes, #99
Estimated at 15,000 – 20,000 GBP in December 2022Richard of Gloucester, the brother of King Edward IV, is determined to gain the crown of England for himself, no matter what. His plot begins as he romantically pursues Lady Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick and a widow. He woos her as she accompanies the…
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05 Works, Today, May 7th is San Acacio’s day, With Footnotes – #128
The Holy Martyr Acacius, who lived mostly in the III Century, was born at Cappadocia and was a centurion of the Martesian regiment under the military officer Firmus… Please follow link for full post
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01 Religious Icon, Follower of Joos van Cleve’s Virgin and Child, with footnotes #47
Estimate for 15,000 – 20,000 EUR in November 2022 In the tradition of small paintings kept in the private sphere, our Virgin and Child was dedicated to private devotion. In the tradition of Gérard David, the models circulated and spread widely in Flanders throughout thesixteenth century. More on this Icon Virgin and Child or Madonna and Child or…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Simon de Vos’ An interior scene, with Footnotes, #98
Sold for 16,380 GBP in December 2022 The scene is a delight for the ears as well as the eyes, as it features remarkably lively depictions of musicians playing bagpipes, fiddles, traverso flutes, clavichords, theorbos, not to mention a pair of singers at the front right. In this particular gathering the delights of music are joined by…
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02 Works , RELIGIOUS ART, Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder’s The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man – with footnotes #203
The scene is a reference to Genesis 2:8–14 and hosts a variety of animals, presumably 100, from diverse ecosystems. There is a Capuchin Monkey from South America, hidden to the left, who bites into an apple to symbolize the sin about the be committed by Adam and Eve… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART, Juan De Flandes’ Deposition from the Cross – with footnotes #206
Estimated for €2,500.00 in Feb 2023 The Descent from the Cross, or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels’ accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion. In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in the West from…
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01 Work , RELIGIOUS ART, Alphonse Legros’ Femmes en Prière/ Women at prayer – with footnotes #201
This work portrays a group of mainly young women, seated or kneeling to pray, in a dimly lit austere French church. The women are all dressed in black with primarily white caps. One cannot conceive anything more gently touching than this grand and pensive scheme, where all is on the same lofty level – sentiment,…
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Friedrich Fehr’s Nuns Gathering Flowers, with Footnotes – #52
Estimated for 22,500 USD in April 2025Friedrich Fehr first attended the Munich Academy of Fine Arts (1878–84), where he studied under Alexander Strahuber and Ludwig Von Lofftz. In 1885, Fehr was awarded the prestigious Martin von Wagner Foundation scholarship, which enabled him to live and study for five years in Italy. In 1890, Fehr returned to Germany,…
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01 work, The Art Of The Nude, Jean Veber’s Dynamis, with footnotes #237
Dynamis is one of Veber’s most striking works: Industry, embodied by a demonic woman, takes visible pleasure in crushing the workers who serve her… Jean Veber (13 February 1864 – 28 November 1928) was a French caricaturist and painter. Jean Veber was born in Paris in 1864. Trained as a painter, he became an illustrator when his…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, William Oxer’ s The Book Of Ravishment, with Footnotes. #146
Ravished is a touching and often funny Beauty and the Beast story set in Regency England. It is many reader’s favorite Amanda Quick novel. William Joseph Oxer B.A. Hons. (Wrwk) F. R.S.A. is a passionate artist driven by traditional ideas of how beauty should be represented, William formed the intellectual basis to his work under the tutelage…
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