Tag: Soldiers
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01 Orientalist Painting, Gustav Bauernfeind’ Recruiting of Turkish Soldiers in Palestine, with footnotes, #117
These actual events inspired Baurnfeind’s painting the present picture, a panoramic scene that extends from the closely observed crumbling seawall at left to the ocean vista on the right, anchored in the middle by a trading ship whose sail is emblazoned with the Islamic crescent. On the seawall, Ottoman officers in modern uniform meet with…
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19 Works, November 15th. is Aniello Falcone’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #235
Aniello Falcone (15 November 1600–1656) was an Italian Baroque painter, active in Naples and noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes. Some sources refer to him as Ancillo Falcone. Born in Naples the son of a tradesman, he showed his artistic tendency at an early age. He first received some instruction from a relative,…
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19 Works, November 15th. is Aniello Falcone’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #235
Aniello Falcone (15 November 1600–1656) was an Italian Baroque painter, active in Naples and noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes. Some sources refer to him as Ancillo Falcone… Please follow link for full post