Tag: Turkish
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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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Attributed to Kasper van Eyck, A naval battle 02 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #172
Gaspar or Casper van Eyck (bapt. 6 February 1613 in Antwerp – bef. December 1674 in Brussels), was a Flemish painter of marine subjects and sea-fights.Van Eyck was received into the Guild of St. Luke in 1632. He traveled to Genova, where he collaborated with Cornelis de Wael. From 1656 until his death he worked…
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