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Victory, O Lord !

Academician / British / Millais / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Victory, O Lord!” by John Everett Millais of 1871.  It is a depiction of Moses being supported by his brother Aaron and Hur during the battle of Rephidim against the Amalekites as recorded in Exodus 17.  Millais was forty-two when he created this masterpiece and was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite School.   This work dates from the period in which the artist grew bolder in his use of color and drama and marks a significant transition in his style.  He was very influential among British artists and died in 1896.  This masterpiece is 141.3 cm wide and 194.7 cm high and is in the Manchester Art Museum in Manchester, England.

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Marketplace in an Italian Town

Dutch / German / Italian / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Marketplace in an Italian Town with itinerant toothpuller” by Johannes Lingelbach, 1651.  The artist was twenty-nine years old when he created this masterpiece.  He was a Dutch painter born in Frankfurt, Germany and moved with his father to Amsterdam when he was twelve.  In his mid twenties he traveled in Italy where this masterpiece was created.  He returned to Amsterdam in 1653 and married.  His work showed considerable influence from Caravaggio and its popularity led to a deep influence of chiaroscuro on later Dutch artists.  He died in Amsterdam in 1674.  This masterpiece is 86 cm wide and 68.5 cm high and is in the Rijksuseum, Amsterdam.

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Departure to the Hunt

Dutch / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Departure to the Hunt” of 1652 by Paulus Potter.  The artist was twenty-seven years old when he created this masterpiece.  He was a Dutch painter born in Enkhuizen who trained with his father in Amsterdam.  At twenty-four he moved to the Hague where he married and was introduced to the Dutch elite.  He became quite popular for his landscapes and paintings in natural settings.  These were lauded in the 19th century as precursors of Romanticism.  He died of tuberculosis before January 17, 1654 when he was buried.  This masterpiece is in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
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A Woman Bathing

Dutch / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “A Woman Bathing” of 1654 by Rembrandt van Rijn.  This is probably a portrait of Hendrickje Stoffens who was the artist’s common-law wife.  She bore him a daughter in the year of this painting.  The red robe in the painting may indicate that the subject matter was originally Bathsheba or Diana.  The brushwork appears to be unusually spontaneous for Rembrandt and several sections appear to be unfinished.  Yet the artist signed the work which indicates that he considered it completed.  The masterpiece is 47 cm wide and 61.8 cm high and is in the National Gallery, London.

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A Man in Armor

Dutch / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “A Man in Armor” of 1655 by Rembrandt van Rijn.  This later Rembrandt masterpiece is sub-titled “Alexander the Great” and was created when the artist was forty-nine.  He had been a prominent artist and member of the community in Amsterdam for twenty years.  Yet Rembrandt was approaching a financial crisis when this masterpiece was produced.  The painting shows Rembrandt’s wonderful use of light in his works with the gleam on the helmet also expressed over the heart on the breast-plate.  The red robe adds to the dramatic nature of the portrait.  This masterpiece is 137 cm wide and 104.5 cm high and is in the City Art Gallery and Museum of Glasgow, Scotland.

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A Seaport at Sunrise

French / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “A Seaport at Sunrise” of 1674 by Claude Lorrain.  This early Baroque masterpiece was created when the artist was about sixty-nine.  He was born in Lorraine and orphaned at twelve.  He lived with a brother, in Rome and then in Naples was apprenticed under Goffredo Wals.  Returning to Rome in 1625 he was again apprenticed and then traveled in Germany and France where he produced minatures.  Turning to landscapes in Rome again in 1627, he befriended Nicolas Poussin and they traveled the Campagna doing landscape sketches together.  He continued to produce many works and accumulated considerable wealth.  He died in November, 1682 in Rome leaving a nephew and adopted daughter.  This masterpiece is 96 cm wide and 72 cm high and is in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.

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Baptism of Christ

Baroque / German / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “The Baptism of Christ” of 1674 by John Heiss.  This early Baroque masterpiece is in the Blackfriar’s Church in Augsburg, Germany.  The church dates from 1243 as a center of the bare-footed monks of the Franciscans.  The original convent and church were burned in 1398 and in 1411 a new building was raised.  The first Protestant sermon was given in 1524 and in the eighteenth century the church was rebuilt in the style of the Baroque.  The artist died in 1704 in Augsburg at the age of sixty-four.

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The Flight of Aeneas from Troy

Baroque / Greco-Roman / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “The Flight of Aeneas from Troy” of 1598 by Frederico Barocci.  The artist was seventy-two when he painted this composition for Cardinale della Rovere.  It was gifted to Cardinale Scipione before 1613 when it enetered the Borghese collection.  The work displayed Barocci’s ability to portray natural movement as well as a natural anti-heroic depiction of human delicacy.  The scene is from Greco-Roman mythology showing the escape of Aeneas, his father, wife and son from the destruction of the city of Troy.  Barocci had been born in Urbino as Federico Fiori, Il Baroccio, the ox-cart, was a nick-name.  He died in 1612 at the age of about eighty-six years.
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Sir Isaac Newton

Academician / Baroque / British / Paintings (Reproductions) - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Sir Isaac Newton” of 1689 by Godfrey Kneller.  The artist was forty-three when he painted Newton who was then aged forty-six.  Kneller was the court portraitist for the British kings from Charles II to George I.  Newton, of course, was the greatest scientist of his age being the founder of physics, discoverer of Gravity, the Three Laws of Motion, the co-inventor of differential and integral calculus, builder of one of the first reflecting telescopes,.  In short he was one of the most influential persons to have ever lived.

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Allegory of Water

Baroque / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “Allegory of Water” of about 1700 by Jeronimo Ezquerra.  This Baroque masterpiece was created by the artist when he was about forty years old.  He was court painter to Philip V and also was a highly respected art appraiser.  This work was one of four allegories of the elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water, for  Palacio del Buen Retiro.  The artist died in 1733.  This work is 160 cm wide and 248 cm high and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

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