Simon Vouet – Zaidan Gallery

34 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Artist’s interpretation of the Martyrdom of St. Agatha, With Footnote 36

May 26, 2022

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Lorenzo di Niccolò or Lorenzo di Niccolò di Martino was an Italian painter active in Florence from 1391 to 1412. Often erroneously cited as the son of Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, with whom he realized some works, this artist transformed his style from one more reminiscent of Giotto to one more elegant and linear, similar…

06 Works, Today, March 31st, is Righteous Joseph’s Day, With Footnotes – #89

Mar 31, 2020

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Righteous Joseph the Handsome was a son of the Old Testament patriarch Jacob, and died in about the year 1700 before the Birth of Christ. His brothers by birth were jealous of him, because the father loved him more than the other brothers, and they feared him, since he told them about his dreams, foretelling his…

04 Works, Today, February 5th, is Saint Agatha of Sicily’s Day, With Footnotes – 36

Feb 5, 2020

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Sebastiano del Piombo (1485 – 21 June 1547) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance and early Mannerist periods famous as the only major artist of the period to combine the colouring of the Venetian school in which he was trained with the monumental forms of the Roman school. He belongs both to the painting…

05 Works, Today, January 28th, is Saint Agnes of Rome’s Day, With Footnotes – 28

Jan 28, 2020

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Agnes of Rome (c. 291 – c. 304) was a popular saint about whom little is known, Agnes is said to have been a beautiful, wealthy Roman maiden who had, in childhood, dedicated herself to God. Some say that a rejected suitor betrayed her to authorities; others say that she was asked at 13 to sacrifice to the…

03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 5th, is Saint Agatha of Sicily’s Day, With Footnotes – 36

Feb 6, 2019

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1696 – 1770. Born into a wealthy and noble family in Venice, Giambattista Tiepolo was recognized by contemporaries throughout Europe as the greatest painter of large-scale decorative frescoes in the 1700s. He was admired for having brought fresco painting to new heights of technical virtuosity, illumination, and dramatic effect. Tiepolo possessed an imagination…

05 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 28th, is Saint Agnes of Rome’s Day, With Footnotes – 28

Jan 28, 2019

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The Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Germany between 1475/1480 and 1510. Despite his anonymity, he is one of the most recognizable artists of the early Renaissance period in German art. Please follow link for full post Please visit my other blogs: Art Collector, Mythology, Marine Art, Portrait of a Lady, The Orientalist, Art of…

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34 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Artist’s interpretation of the Martyrdom of St. Agatha, With Footnote 36

06 Works, Today, March 31st, is Righteous Joseph’s Day, With Footnotes – #89

04 Works, Today, February 5th, is Saint Agatha of Sicily’s Day, With Footnotes – 36

05 Works, Today, January 28th, is Saint Agnes of Rome’s Day, With Footnotes – 28

03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 5th, is Saint Agatha of Sicily’s Day, With Footnotes – 36

05 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 28th, is Saint Agnes of Rome’s Day, With Footnotes – 28