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Jun 7 2011
Tobias Fishing in the Presence of the Archangel Raphael
Impressionist / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 12 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Tobias Fishing in the Presence of the Archangel Raphael” of 1752 by Francesco Guardi. Francesco Guardi was one of the last of the Venetian school of painting and was forty years old when he produced this masterpiece. His most important works date from the years following this effort and his quick brushwork was to have an influence on the French Impressionists of the following century. He died in 1793, four years before the death of the Venetian Republic. This painting is in the Church of the Angel Raphael in Venice and measures 140 cm wide and 80 cm high.
Reproduction for sale on Zazzle
Feb 12 2011
Architectural Veduta, attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Martini
Italian / Landscape / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Architectural Veduta” of about 1490 attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Martini was an Renaissance Italian artist of the School of Siena, his native city. He was a sculptor and painter and was known for his visionary theories of Architecture. He created all of the fortifications for the Duke of Urbino and ended his career as the architect in charge of the Duomo di Siena. He died in Sienna in 1501 at the age of sixty-two. This masterpiece is an architectural study of the artist’s ideas towards the building of an ideal city. It is in the Gemaldegalerie,Kaiser Friedrich Museums, Berlin.
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