Tag: Paintings
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Alfred Henry Maurer; La Pont De La Concorde and a View of The Palais Bourbon. 01 Painting, Streets of Paris, by the artists of their time, Part 73
Pont de la Concorde, stone-arch bridge crossing the Seine River in Paris at the Place de la Concorde. The masterpiece of Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, conceived in 1772, the bridge was not begun until 1787 because conservative officials found the design too daring. Perronet personally supervised construction despite his advanced age; he was 82 when the work…
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Au lit: Le baiser. 01 Painting, The amorous game, Part 60 – With Footnotes
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), also known as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant and provocative images of the modern,…
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09 works, Today, December 13th, is Saint Lucia of Syracuse’s day, her story, illustrated #346
Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), also called Saint Lucia, or Saint Lucy, was a Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. Lucy was born of rich and noble parents about the year 283. Her father was of Roman origin, but died when she was five years old,leaving Lucy and her mother without a protective guardian.…
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