Tag: Zaidan
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem’s Susanna and the Elders, With Footnotes – #129
A fair Hebrew wife named Susanna was falsely accused by lecherous voyeurs. As she bathes in her garden, having sent her attendants away, two lustful elders secretly observe the lovely Susanna. When she makes her way back to her house, they accost her, threatening to claim that she was meeting a young man in the…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Franciszek Zmurko’s Hetaera, with Footnotes #188
A Hetaera was a type of prostitute in ancient Greece, who served as an artist, entertainer and talker aside from providing sexual service. Unlike the rule for ancient Greek women, hetairas would be highly educated and were allowed in the symposium. More on Hetaeras Franciszek Żmurko (18 July 1859, Lviv — 9 October 1910, Warsaw) was a…
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02 Ivory Carvings, from Bible stories! 17th Century of Saint Sebastian, with Footnote #15
17th century carved ivory relief depicting St. Sebastian being released from the tree. According to tradition, he was rescued by Irene of Rome. In this unusual depiction, he is shown being untied by cherubs. His body shows several puncture marks from the arrows that were shot into him… Please follow link for full post
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04 Paintings, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities; Betsy Podlach’s Leda And the Swan, Cupid and Psyche, István Cene gál’s Nymph and Brian Smyth’s Andromeda, with footnotes, #3
Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses, written in the 2nd Century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis. It concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche and Cupid, and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage. Although the only extended narrative from antiquity is that of Apuleius, Eros and Psyche appear…
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01 Painting, Streets of Paris, Eugène Galien-Laloue’s Arc de Triomphe, Part 35 – With Footnotes
Estimate at 5,000 – 7,000 USD in October 2021 The Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l’Étoile — the étoile or “star” of the juncture formed by its twelve…
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21 Works, Today, May 17th. is Martinus Rørbye’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #135
Martinus Christian Wesseltoft Rørbye (17 May 1803–29 August 1848) was a Danish painter, known both for genre works and landscapes. He was a central figure of the Golden Age of Danish painting during the first half of the 19th century. Martinus Rørbye was born in Drammen in Norway on 17 May 1803. . He was not…
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2 Paintings by Théodore Géricault of The wounded Cuirassier, with footnotes
Cuirassiers were cavalry equipped with a cuirass, sword, and pistols. Cuirassiers first appeared in mid-to-late 16th century Europe as a result of armoured cavalry, such as men-at-arms and demi-lancers, discarding their lances and adopting the use of pistols as their primary weapon. In the later part of the 17th century the cuirassier lost his limb…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Alexandre Marie Guillemin’s Spinning a yarn, with Footnotes #93
This work was Sold for £1,100 on Nov 22, 2022 Alexandre Marie Guillemin was born in 1817 in Paris. He was a student of the prominent French painter Antoine Jean Gros. Guillemin was especially known as genre artist specializing in the themes from the lives of peasants and petit bourgeois from Brittany to Pyrenees, frequently captured in…
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02 MARINE WORKS – DAVID THIMGAN’S ABBOTT LAWRENCE, WITH FOOTNOTES #375
This work was sold for $2,520.00 on March 21, 2020 LAWRENCE, Abbott (1792-1855). Was an American merchant, legislator, and diplomat. He was born in Groton, Mass.; was educated in a district school, and at the Groton Academy. He moved to Boston in 1808, and there served an apprenticeship in the warehouse of his elder brother, Amos,…
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05 Religious Ivory Carvings, Christ Blessing, the Crucifixion, the Virgin with Child and a saint flagellating himself and holding a crucifix, with footnotes #15
Estimated at 20.000 € — 25.000 € on 20.05.2023 Depiction of Christ enthroned and looking towards the viewer; His right hand raised in blessing, He also holds a chalice in His outstretched left hand, referring to the Eucharist. The high-quality ivory carving, designed for a frontal viewpoint, is particularly notable for the detailed observation of the folds…
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01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Julio Romero de Torres’ La esclava/ The slave, with footnotes # 177
The sitter for the present work was the actress Elena Pardo. A regular performer at the Romea theater in Madrid, Elena was Romero de Torre’s preferred model during the 1920s. Elena’s figure embodied to perfection the archetype that Coco Chanel promoted internationally – a modern woman with a greased bob hairstyle ‘comme les garcons’. The…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Julio Romero Torres’ Samaritan Woman, With Footnotes #128
This work shows the Biblical scene of Jesus Christ with the Samaritan woman and starts the series of religious works painted by Julio Romero de Torres. Nevertheless, this work is the only example in which appears the face of Jesus in the shadows. However, the female figure, whose model was Conchita Castillo, has the leading…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Shirin Neshat’s Unveiling, with Footnotes #187
In the present work, the woman stands still, appears silent yet confident and her gaze captivates the viewer. The Farsi words, amalgams of poems and prose by the Iranian writers Forough Farokhzad and Tahereh Saffarzadeh, ornament the woman’s body, but they are not only decorative as they define the woman’s quest for self-expression and reveal…
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01 painting, The amorous game, Hafidh Al Droubi’s The Couple, with Footnotes #92
This work sold for GBP 30,240 on3 Nov 2022Hafidh Al Droubi (1914-1991) was an Iraqi painter and draughtsman, noted for his Cubist paintings and for his approach to professionalising Iraqi art education in the early to mid 20th-century. He was a prolific painter, an important artist in the Pioneer generation, a key figure in the development…
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11 Works, Artists’ Interpretations of Hellenic legends, The Rape of Deianira, with footnotes #188
Deianira, Deïanira was a Calydonian princess in Greek mythology whose name translated as “man-destroyer” or “destroyer of her husband”. She was the wife of Heracles and, in late Classical accounts, his unwitting murderer, killing him with the poisoned Shirt of Nessus. She is the main character in Sophocles’ play Women of Trachis… Please follow link…
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01 Painting, Tales of Mermaids, Evelyn De Morgan’s Sea Maidens, with Footnotes, #13
The Sea Maidens shows five long-haired mermaids. Their tails are inside the water, while their upper bodies are outside. They affectionately hold hands, four of them almost embracing, reaching for a fifth one, slightly separated from the group. It is a delicate depiction of sisterhood; it emanates strength by boasting an iconography of femininity at…
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