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Jun 8 2011
Sebastian and the Women
Academician / Baroque / German / Paintings (Reproductions) - 12 months ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Sebastian und die Frauen” of 1746 by Paul Troger. The artist was forty-eight when he created this masterpiece having been born in the Tyrol. He began his apprenticeship at the age of sixteen and painted his first fresco in 1722 when he was twenty-four. His patron sent him for four years to Italy where he perfected his style and returned to Austria in 1726. Two years later he moved to Vienna where his work became the bridge between Baroque and Rococo tastes. He died in 1762 and this work in the Austrian Belvedere Gallery in Vienna.
Reproduction for sale on Zazzle
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
Apr 20 2011
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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