A man, who is weighing the jewels and pieces of gold on the table in front of him sits next to his wife who is reading a book of devotion with an illustration of the Virgin and Child. The couple is not dressed as members of nobility, but rather as well-to-do burghers of Antwerp, where… Continue reading The money changer and his wife – quentin massys
A domestic scene set in classical antiquity. An old man and a youth recline on divans while an attractive young woman plays music on a double flute. Both the clothing and the setting suggest the Greek world, and the motives and clothing are rigorously faithful to archeological discoveries made in the mid nineteenth century. Despite being… Continue reading la siesta – sir lawrence alma tadema
A young woman stares longingly at a portrait miniature of a loved one who is absent. Although born in London to American parents, Leslie was raised in Philadelphia. At the age of 17, he returned to London, where he studied with the American artists Benjamin West and Washington Allston. Except for several months in 1833… Continue reading the miniature – charles robert leslie
According to official sources “symbolism” was a late nineteenth-century art movement that advocated the expression of an idea over the realistic description of the natural world through the use of metaphorical imagery. This movement made its expression through literature and poetry but also through other disciplines such as music, theatre, and of course, fine art.… Continue reading symbolist art – edgar maxence
John Maler Collier, 27 January 1850 – 11 April 1934) was a leading English painter and writer.[1] He painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style, and was one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation. Both his marriages were to daughters of Thomas Henry Huxley. He studied painting at the Munich Academy starting in 1875.… Continue reading the garden of armida – john collier
In 1866 Zamacois began to portray the jesters at the French court of king Henry III (1551-1589) at play or leisure. In this case the jesters are playing cochonnet, a French game played in pairs in which a smaller ball (the cochonnet or piglet) is thrown out as a target, followed by other different coloured… Continue reading jesters playing – eduardo zamacois y zabala
His father, Davide Detti, was an engineer and an amateur painter. As a result, his early interest in art was encouraged. In 1861, he made the acquaintance of Francesco Coghetti, a painter from Rome who was creating murals at the Teatro Nuovo (now known as the Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti [it]). Coghetti suggested that… Continue reading les amiants by cesare-auguste detti
In the Artist’s House was painted in 1878 in a colour-scheme of jade, rose, gold and kingfisher-blue emphasised by the dark flooring and wall panelling, which echoes the hues of the kimono draped casually over the sofa and embroidered with scenes of Japanese women. Source and much more Info about the drawing
It is all about Love, Death and Potted Plants. Isabella is an example of absorbing grief and is based on the narrative poem by John Keats. Isabella, the daughter of an affluent family, is in love with one of their servants, Lorenzo. Her brothers, having planned for Isabella to make a financially advantageous marriage, decide that swift… Continue reading isabella – george henry grenville manton
The Baleful Head (1886 – 1887) is part of The Perseus Cycle done by Sir Edward Burne-Jones which included: The Call of Perseus, Perseus and the Graiae, Perseus and the Sea Nymphs, The Finding of Medusa, The Death of Medusa I, The Death of Medusa II, Atlas Turned to Stone, The Rock of Doom and… Continue reading the baleful head – edward burne-jones