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The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833, Paul Delaroche (Painting located at the bottom of the page – would recommend casting your delightful eyes over it before reading my commentary) This evening I with great pleasure present you with one of my favourite and most important paintings from my collection, “The Execution of Lady Jane…
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Old lady of the village, motherly, caring, and speaker of the old tongue. In the woods she wanders among wild mushrooms and hedgerows, beneath the ever-present aroma of moss, bark and sticky amber. She walks solemnly on a late autumn morning, with a new frost beneath her feet and heavy mist hanging between the trees.…
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This is painting created by James Himsworth (Bio & Contact – JAMES J HIMSWORTH 3) The painting is a portrait of Mephistopheles (or Mephisto), a demonic figure from German folklore famously featured in the story of Doctor Faustus. It depicts the character in a red cape and black outfit with white ruffles, leaning over a…
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The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Thomas Cole, 1828 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Reading the news often leaves me with an overwhelming sense of anger and frustration. It is a burden that has weighed heavily on my mind, and the thoughts expressed below arose from trying to make sense of those feelings. I…
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This painting is titled The Duel After the Masquerade created by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme around 1857-1859, and is a personal favourite This will be covering a lot of the novel so if you do not want this work of a genius to be spoiled please refrain from reading this until you have done…
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Gabrielle d’Estrees and one of her sisters (c. 1600), Artist Unknown, School of Fontainbleu, 96 x 125 cm , Paris, Musee du Louvre ———– We see before us a painting of two ladies disporting themselves in a bathing tub. They are protected by a drooping red curtain in defence from drafts, and a white robe…
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Johan Zoffany, “David with the Head of Goliath” 1756 Also known as Johannes Josephus Zaufallij(y) / Johann Zoffany / John Zoffany I have pleasure in introducing you to Johan Zoffany’s , “David with the Head of Goliath”, My eyes first caught sight of this wonder upon the wall of my dear friend Lus Lips at…
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With pleasure, I would like to introduce you to one of my favourite stories from the Old Testament (Apocrypha), the story of Judith beheading Holofernes. I shall begin by providing a background to this tale, and then proceed to research my two favourite paintings observing this study ; “Judith beheading Holofernes” by Caravaggio (1599) , and “Judith Slaying…