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The Dream of Solomon by Luca Giordano

Baroque / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “The Dream of Solomon” by Luca Giordano of about 1693.  The painting is a depiction of the passage from the Bible, II Kings 3:5-15, in which God appeared to the young king.  In the dream God asks Solomon what gift he wanted and Solomon responded that he wanted understanding so that he could properly judge the people.  The Neapolitan Giordano produced this painting in Spain when he was about fifty-nine years old.  He had just entered the service of the Spanish king.  He became wealthy in that service and returned to Naples in 1702 where he died three years later.  The original painting is 361 cm wide and 245 cm high and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

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The Deluge by Francis Danby

French / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

A reproduction of Francis Danby’s work “The Deluge”. Danby is continually impressed by the helpless and insignificant place of humanity in juxtaposition to the power and awe of Nature. In this work he depicts the Biblical Flood as animals and people are about to be submerged. The sole hope is Noah’s ark in the background.

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God As Architect, William Blake, 1794

British / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This masterpiece of William Blake was created in 1794, as an illustration of his book of poetry, Europa a Prophecy.  However, this work is more popularly known as the Ancient of Days.  This pre-Romantic etching depicts a very Newtonian God measuring out the dimensions of his creation.

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Elijah in the Wilderness by Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1878

Academician / Inspirational prints / Leighton / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

A reproduction of Lord Frederic Leighton’s “Elijah in the Wilderness” of 1878. This is a depiction of the exile of the prophet Elijah while being persecuted by Queen Jezebel. The prophet sleeps in this painting while an angel of the Lord comes to being him bread and water. The angel’s wings are still expanded creating the impression that he has just silently arrived. The muscled body of the exhausted prophet are in dramatic juxtaposition with the calm stance of the angel who looks down on the prophet in compassion. The original is in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England.

Frederic Leighton was born in 1830 in Scarborough, England and did not study art until after attending University College School in London. He studied on the continent, notably in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1854. He was in Paris between the ages of twenty-five to twenty-nine and there met Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Millet. He returned to London where he joined the Pre-Raphaelites and began to create sculptures as well as paintings. A great success, he was knighted when aged fifty-eight and was created Baron Leighton in 1896. He died the next day. As a bachelor, he left no children and his home became the Leighton House Museum.

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