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Jun 15 2011
The Battle of Texel
British / Dutch / Paintings (Reproductions) / Sea Scapes - 11 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Encounter between Cornelis Tromp on the Gouden Leeuw and Sir Edward Sragg on the Royal Prince during the Battle of Kijkduin” of 1707 by Willem van de Velde the Younger. This battle occurred on August 21, 1673 during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. The painting was created when the artist was seventy-four years old having been born in Leiden to Willem van de Velde the Elder. He moved to London in 1673 into the employ of Charles II. Also patronized by the Duke of York, the future James II, Van de Velde the Younger died on April 6, 1707. This work is 183 cm wide and 114 cm high and is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Jun 3 2011
Boy in Blue
Academician / British / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 12 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Boy in Blue” of 1770 by Thomas Gainsborough. This is his most famous work and is regarded as a homage to Anthony van Dyke influenced by the Belgian artist’s portrait of Charles II as a boy. The painting remained in private hands until 1921 when it was sold by the second duke of Westminster to the art dealer Joseph Duveen in 1921. The painting was then sold to the American railway pioneer Henry Huntingdon amid public outcry in Britain. Gainsborough was forty-three when he completed this masterpiece, a year after he began exhibiting works to the Royal Academy. He gained a national reputation but ceased displaying at the academy in 1773. He moved to London the next year and became favored by the court of George III. He continued to be a favorite of the royal family until his death I n1780. This work is 122 cm wide and 178 cm high and is in the Huntington Art Gallery in San Marino, California.
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