Tag: religion
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01 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #24
Antonietta Brandeis, (Czechoslovakian, 1849-1910) The Dogana, Venezia Oil on panel 12 x 21.4cm (4 3/4 x 8 7/16in). Private collection During the fifteenth century, developments in Venice’s commercial activities led to the Sea Customs House, which had previously been near the Arsenal, being transferred to the western point of Dorsoduro. The building as it stands…
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03 Carvings, Biblical Carvings & Sculpture from Byzantium With Footnotes 6
Byzantine Empire, ca. 7th century CE. This is a 14k+ gold pendant inlaid with an inscribed shell intaglio featuring a religious figure and writing. Size: 0.9″ W x 1.2″ H (2.3 cm x 3 cm), weighing 4 grams. Byzantine Empire, ca. 1000 CE. An incredibly detailed and lifelike hand with fine details of joints and fingernails.…
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01 Paintings, Hellenic Mytheology, with footnotes 2B
Wilhelm Trübner, 1851 – 1917 The Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, 1877 Oil on cardboard Height: 94 cm (37.01 in.), Width: 79 cm (31.1 in.) The theme of the painting is taken from Ovid. The Lapiths, a peace-loving people of Thessaly, were celebrating the wedding of their king Pirithous to Hippodamia. The Centaurs were…
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01 Paintings, Hellenic Mytheology, with footnotes 2A
Wilhelm Trübner, 1851 – 1917 Battle of the Amazons, 1880 Oil on canvas Height: 47.4 cm (18.66 in.), Width: 102.7 cm (40.43 in.) Kurpfälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg (Germany) In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a race of woman warriors. The legendary Amazons were thought to have lived in Pontus, which is part of modern-day Turkey…
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13 Ancient Egyptian Artefacts – With footnotes – 5 – With footnotes
Romano-Egyptian, ca. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. Heavy gold foil formed into the likeness of a Nile crocodile. Incredibly detailed with open mouth exposing rows of deadly teeth, almond-shaped eyes and rows and rows of scaley scutes with pronounced central dorsal ridge. Size: 6.875″ L (17.5 cm), 37.1 grams of 97% pure gold.…
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16 Etching by REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN,
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN 1606 – 1669 SELF-PORTRAIT IN A CLOAK WITH A FALLING COLLAR: BUST (BARTSCH, HOLLSTEIN 15; NEW HOLLSTEIN 98W; HIND 63) Etching with engraving and drypoint, circa 1631, a good impression of this scarce print, the rare second state (of five), a previously unrecorded state between New Hollstein’s fourth and fifth state (of ten),…
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Saturday, March 17, 2018 17 Works of Chinese Antique Ivory
Pair of Chinese Antique Ivory Figures of a Royal Couple, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the emperor and empress each on an octagonal raised base, and wearing a large crown inlaid with lapis, turquoise and coral, the underside of each base bearing a four-character mark in a square cartouche, with carved wooden stands, ivory, h. 28″, overall,…
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A Pictorial History of Jerusalem
A city called Rušalim in the Execration texts of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt (19th century BCE) is identified as Jerusalem. Jerusalem was then called Urušalim in the Amarna letters of Abdi-Heba (1330s BCE). The name “Jerusalem” is variously etymologized to mean “foundation of the god Shalem“, the original tutelary deity of the city. The ambitious Ophel excavation in Jerusalem has produced many finds, but precious little before the tenth century BC Ceramic evidence…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible!, With Footnotes – 95
Giovanni Biliverti, (1585–1644) The Archangel Raphael Refusing Tobias’s Gift, c. 1612 Oil on canvas Height: 175 cm (68.9 in). Width: 146 cm (57.5 in). Pitti Palace The subject comes from the Book of Tobit , one of the Apocryphal books in the Old Testament, and shows the final scene in the story of how Tobit, a…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! from the SPANISH GOLDEN AGE, With Footnotes – 86
Luis Tristán De Escamilla The Penitent Magdalene Private collection As the preeminent painter of his generation in Toledo, Tristán achieved an expressive intensity in his art that reconciled the extreme mannerism of El Greco, in whose workshop he had trained, with the strong naturalism of seventeenth-century tenebrist painting. The Penitent Magdalene is among the best…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 18
Julian Schnabel, Born in 1951, 1975–1979. St. Sebastian Oil, wax, modelling paste on canvas 281.9 x 167.6 cm Oko Gallery Saint Sebastian (died c. 288 AD) was an early Christian saint and martyr. Sebastian had prudently concealed his faith, but in 286 was detected. Diocletian reproached him for his betrayal, and he commanded him to be led to…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 17
JODY CARIOLANO, (American/Texas b. 1951) Pieta Oil and mixed media on canvas, a diptych 59 3/4″ x 48″ Private Collection The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a…
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Bible, Christ, Jesus, Joan Maçip Navarro, Juan de Juanes, mythology, religion, RELIGIOUS ART, THE CRUCIFIXION, Zaidan,
Joan Maçip Navarro, Called Juan De Juanes The Crucifixion. Juan de Juanes was the dominant artistic personality working in Valencia during the mid-sixteenth century and this representation of the Crucifixion was painted in 1578, the year before his death. A late masterpiece by Juanes, the present work is precisely the type of painting that earned…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! from the SPANISH GOLDEN AGE, With Footnotes – 84
Juan Correa de Vivar (c.1510 – 16 April 1566) Christ On The Road To Calvary This panel was painted by Juan Correa de Vivar during the 1540s, and almost certainly formed part of the artist’s most important commission for the Cistercian Monastery of San Martín de Valdeiglesias, in the diocese of Toledo. It is an outstanding…
Zaidan Gallery 