Tag: Woman
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04 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Today October 16th Is The Anniversary of The Execution of Marie Antoinette, with Footnotes #230
Marie Antoinette’s trial began on 14 October 1793; she was convicted two days later by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed, also by guillotine, at the Place de la Révolution… Please follow link for full post
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Fernand Cormon’s A Friend’s Lunch, with Footnotes #85
Sold for 37,500 USD in January 2011 “Interior of an artist’s studio. Around a lounge table, covered with dishes and bottles, four young men and two young women are seated, drinking coffee, laughing heartily. In the background, a Breton chest; on the right, a canvas on an easel” Georges Lafenestre Fernand Cormon (24 December 1845 – 20…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Francesco Vinea’s Serenade in the Tavern, With Footnotes #84
Sold for 20,000 USD in January 2011 Francesco Vinea (Forlì, August 10, 1845 – Florence, October 22, 1902) was an Italian painter, known for his period costume genre subjects. He studied first at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, but had to discontinue his studies due to his poverty, and spent some time traveling without a…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s The Fountain of Love, With Footnotes #83
The scene depicts love as a natural force and uncontrollable passion, stronger than the people affected by it. This perception of love was still recent around 1785 when Fragonard painted the two versions. While the image of a fountain of love was known, e. g. from Aristotle, the image is Fragonard’s pictorial invention without a…
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03 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Thomas Beach’s Portraits of Mrs. Siddons, with Footnotes #229
Sarah Siddons was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as “tragedy personified”… Please follow link for full post
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01 Photograph The amorous game, Robert Doisneau’s Le Baiser de l’Hôtel de Ville/ The Kiss at City Hall with Footnotes #86
Estimated for €20,000 EUR – €25,000 EUR in June 2011 Doisneau’s photo was not without controversy. Many years later, a couple, Jean and Denise Lavergne, stepped forward to pronounce themselves the lip-locked subjects. Doisneau took the couple to lunch, and not wanting to “shatter their dream,” he let them go on thinking they were indeed…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Francesco Furini’s Lady with a tambourine, the Muse Erato, with Footnotes #228
Sold for 47,880 GBP in July 2022 In Greek mythology, Erato is one of the Greek Muses, which were inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. The name would mean “desired” or “lovely”, if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hans Holbein the Younger’s Anne of Cleves, Queen of England, fourth wife of Henry VIII, with Footnotes #226
Anne of Cleves (German: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557) was Queen of England from 6 January to 12 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Not much is known about Anne before 1527, when she became betrothed to Francis, Duke of Bar, son and heir of Antoine, Duke of Lorraine,…
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01 Work, The amorous game, Abraham Bloemaert’s Amorous Shepherd and Shepherdess, with Footnotes #87
Estimate for 4,000 – 6,000 USD in January 2023Abraham Bloemaert (1566 – 27 January 1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker in etching and engraving. He was one of the “Haarlem Mannerists” from about 1585, but in the new century altered his style to fit new Baroque trends. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Henry Guillaume Schlesinger’s Dangerous liaisons, with Footnotes #85
Sold for GBP 13,700 in Jan 2008The present work is a charming example of the subjects favoured by Schlesinger. The scene depicts a group of fashionable figures engaged in narrative interaction surrounding a print. The two ladies turn away in modesty and giggle at its content, while the gentleman leans over them. The elegant interior,…
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02 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by John Fernandes, with Footnotes #223
John Fernandes worked in Mumbai as an illustrator with a leading Advertising Agency for 9 years and worked as a full time freelance artist for more than 25 years… Please follow link for full post
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06 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, FATIMA, Mrs. Paul W. Bartlett and Queen Kiya, with Footnotes #19
Jules Joseph Lefebvre (14 March 1834–24 February 1912) was a French figure painter, educator and theorist. Lefebvre was born in Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, on 14 March 1834… Please follow link for full post
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Herb Ritts’ Nicole Kidman, Culver City, with Footnotes #222
Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California. Since the 1920s, Culver City has been a center for film and later television production, best known as the home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. From 1932 to 1986, it was the headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company. National Public Radio West and Sony Pictures Entertainment have headquarters…
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09 works, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Robert Brackman’s Working Women, with Footnotes #221
Robert Brackman (September 25, 1898 — July 16, 1980) was an American artist and teacher of Ukrainian origin, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes. Born in Odes’ka Oblast, Ukraine, he emigrated from the Russian Empire in 1908… Please follow link for full post
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Hugo Birger’s Sten Sture frees the Danish Queen from captivity in the Wadstena, with Footnotes #220
Sold for SEK65,000 in Jun 2022Christina of Saxony (born Torgau, 25 December 1461 – died Odense, 8 December 1521), was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden as the wife of King John. When the War of Deposition against King Hans and Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512) took place later that same year, John left Sweden for Denmark in August 1501…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Mel Ramos’ Wonder Woman, with Footnotes #219
Sold for US$2,500 in ?Known for his provocative images that mix the idealized woman with imagery of popular culture, this lithograph by Mel Ramos depicts one of the most iconic fictional superheroes: Wonder Woman. Depicted here with voluptuous curves and with her hands behind her head in a departure from her signature hands-on-hips power pose, Ramos…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Lidia Wylangowska’s Forte, with Footnotes #218
Lidia Wylangowska: “My art tells my story. It’s a story of my world, of my thoughts and emotions entwined in an internal dialogue. And some of it can be expressed only through painting. It is incredible, how fairy-tales I heard once-upon-a-time, in my childhood actually influenced my life and defined who I am. The technique…
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Antoni Casanova Estorach’s The Center of Attention, with Footnotes #84
Sold for 11,340 USD in January 2023Antonio Casanova y Estorach was a Spanish painter known for his romanticized depictions of everyday scenes or Costumbrismo. He studied under masters such as Federico de Madrazo and Claudio Lorenzale, and he showed great promise at a young age, exhibiting his work at major exhibitions in Madrid and Barcelona beginning at…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Sylvia Ji’s Stella (Blue Stoya), with Footnotes #217
Stoya was born as Jessica Stoyadinovich. She was born on 15 June 1986. Stoya was born to a Scottish father and Serbian mother. Stoya was her nickname before becoming a pornstar. It was the shortened version of her Grandmother’s name. She is from Wilmington, North Carolina. She wanted to become a dancer. Stoya was homeschooled.…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Francisco Miralles y Galup’s At the Market, with Footnotes #215
All it takes is a handful of birdseed to transform any tourist visiting Venice’s historic St. Mark’s Square into a human perch for a fluttering mass of pushy pigeons. Venice has long been concerned with the potential hazards the birds pose to human health, not to mention the damage caused by their guano and taste…
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