Pierre Carrier-Belleuse: Young Woman Adjusting Her Corset
Thursday, November 30, 2017
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Carved rock crystal ewer (1893)
Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe: Carved rock crystal ewer
and precious objects on red velvet
Monday, November 20, 2017
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Friday, November 17, 2017
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Mordecai (1892)
Jean-Jules Antoine Lecomte du Noüy: Mordecai, second in power to the King
The present work depicts Mordecai, from the Book of Esther. Mordecai was the adoptive father of Esther, the beautiful Jewess who became queen to the king Ahasuerus. Mordecai held an office in the king's court. After Esther was chosen as queen, he exposed a plot to assassinate the king. Later, Haman the Agagite was appointed to the highest position in the kingdom, but Mordecai refused to bow to him. Haman became so infuriated that he devised a plan to destroy not only Mordecai, but all of the Judeans in the empire. The king was unaware of the nationality of his beloved queen and gave Haman the authority to execute his plan. Haman had letters sent to every governor of every province that on a certain day they would coordinate the total annihilation of every Judean man, woman and child. Mordecai learned of this evil plan and notified Esther of Haman’s plot. Esther revealed the plot to the king and Haman was hanged and the plot stopped.
The subject is unusual for Lecomte du Noüy, who is primarily known for his Orientalist subjects. Although he exhibited religious and historical paintings at the Salon beginning in 1863, after 1872 when Lecomte du Noüy made an extended trip to Greece, Egypt, Turkey and Asia Minor, Orientalist themes dominated his oeuvre. Even among his religious compositions, Jewish themes were rare. He did complete an image of Judith (1875), depicting the profile of a woman in exotic dress and the traditional head-dress worn by married women from Bethlehem, as well as a composition Rabbis Commenting on the Bible on Saturday (1882). Additionally, Lecomte du Noüy’s first wife was the grand-daughter of Adolphe Crémieux, the former French Minister of Justice who withdrew from political office to become president of the Alliance Israélite Universelle in the 1860s. Lecomte du Noüy painted a portrait of Crémieux (1878), now at the Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme in Paris. [Schiller and Bodo]
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Monday, November 13, 2017
Transfusion of Goat Blood (1892)
Jules Adler: Transfusion of Goat Blood
Uh, guys? You're KILLING HER.
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Friday, November 10, 2017
Thursday, November 9, 2017
François-Alfred Delobbe (1982)
François-Alfred Delobbe: Sisterly Love
François-Alfred Delobbe: The Offering
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Monday, November 6, 2017
The Bathers (1892)
Etienne Dinet: The Bathers
Etienne Dinet (March 28, 1861 - Paris, December 24, 1929) was a French orientalist painter. Compared to modernist painters such as Henri Matisse, who also visited northern Africa in the first decade of the 20th century, Dinet's paintings are extremely conservative. They are highly mimetic, indeed ethnographic, in their treatment of their subject. Dinet's understanding of Arab culture and language set him apart from other orientalist artists. Surprisingly, he was able to find nude models in rural Algeria. [Gandalf’s Gallery]
Sunday, November 5, 2017
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Thursday, November 2, 2017
William Bouguereau (1891)
It is clear that in these two paintings Bouguereau not only used the same model, but she is also wearing the same outfit!
William Bouguereau: The Earrings
William Bouguereau: Work Interrupted
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
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