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Drouais – Madame de Pompadour at her tambour frame

20/07/2015 donbrown 0

PREVIOUS: CARAVAGGIO – THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS Francois-Hubert Drouais: Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame: 1763-4 This is Madame de Pompadour. Erstwhile mistress to […]

Van Dyck – Equestrian Portrait of Charles I

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PREVIOUS: VELAZQUEZ – PHILIP IV IN BROWN AND SILVER Anthony van Dyck: Equestrian Portrait of Charles I: 1637-8 The first thing that strikes you about this […]

Rembrandt – the Woman taken in Adultery

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PREVIOUS: TITIAN – BACCHUS AND ARIADNE Rembrandt: The Woman Taken in Adultery: 1644 This is a religious painting by the Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenzoon van […]

Turner – the Fighting Temeraire

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PREVIOUS: DROUAIS – MADAME DE POMPADOUR J M W Turner: The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last Berth to be broken up: 1838 We see […]

Holbein – The Ambassadors

24/06/2015 donbrown 0

PREVIOUS: RAPHAEL – POPE JULIUS II Hans Holbein: The Ambassadors: 1533 This is a picture full of meanings – some obvious, some hidden. We can […]

Botticelli – Venus and Mars

17/06/2015 donbrown 0

PREVIOUS: VAN EYCK, THE ARNOLFINI PORTRAIT Sandro Botticelli: Venus and Mars: about 1480-90 We’re back across the Alps to Florence for this painting, Botticelli’s Venus […]

Margarito d’Arezzo – The Virgin and Child Enthroned

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Margarito d’Arezzo – The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Narrative Scenes. About 1263-64 This is one of the earliest pictures in the National Gallery, dating […]

The Rosetta Stone – the key to understanding ancient Egypt

01/05/2015 donbrown 0

It’s a very dull piece of a granite-like stone, and the stuff that’s carved on it isn’t hugely interesting either – it’s to do with […]

Van Gogh – Sunflowers

20/03/2015 donbrown 0

PREVIOUS: MONET – THE GARE ST LAZARE Sunflowers: Vincent van Gogh: 1888 This painting is probably very familiar to you, because it’s one of […]

Velazquez – Philip IV of Spain in Brown and Silver

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PREVIOUS: RUBENS – HET STEEN Philip IV of Spain in Brown and Silver: Diego Velázquez: about 1631-2 This splendid figure, resplendent in a formal costume […]

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Drouais – Madame de Pompadour at her tambour frame

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