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The Supper after the Masked Ball – Thomas Couture, c. 1855.
(Art Institute of Chicago).
Clémence Isaure – Charles Lepec, 1865.
At the Salon of 1866, he caused a sensation by presenting this work, a sort of a shield of ambitious dimensions since it measures over 1.8 m. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
The Immaculate Conception – Diego Velázquez, c. 1618.
(National Gallery, London). #art
Captain Ulrich or Greed Thwarted: Disguised, Godefroy and his Servant Put Captain Ulrich to Flight – Cornelis Troost, 1738. (Mauritshuis, The Hague). #art
Hermann Ottomar Herzog (1832 – 1932) was a prominent European and American artist, primarily known for his landscapes. He was born in Bremen, Germany and entered the Düsseldorf Academy at age seventeen. In the late 1860s, #Herzog settled permanently in the United States.
First Sculptor to the King (Portrait of François Girardon) – Gabriel Revel, c. 1682. (Palace of Versailles). #art
The Abduction of Proserpine – Alessandro Allori, 1570.
Pluto, god of the Underworld, seizes Proserpine, daughter of Roman goddess of agriculture and fertility, Ceres, and prepares to return with her to his kingdom on a chariot drawn by black horses.
Charles Léon Bonvin (1834–1866) was a French watercolor artist known for genre painting, realist still life and delicate and melancholic landscapes. #art
The Admella wrecked, Cape Banks, 6th August, 1859 – James Shaw, 1859.
(Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide).
Amor and Psyche – Veloso Salgado, 1891
(Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisbon). #art