Gods and Foolish Grandeur
Life And The Arts...From A Retrograde Perspective
Sunday, October 19, 2025
A god in the gutter - the Hercules of Bordeaux, circa end of the 2nd - beginning of the 3rd century
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Cast in a copper alloy, the figure in its present state is roughly five feet tall and weighs nearly two hundred pounds. The so-called Her...
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Sunday, October 12, 2025
A fine Amsterdam couple - Cornelis Ploos van Amstel and Elisabeth Troost, by George van der Mijn, 1758
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These are the wedding portraits of Amsterdam art collector Cornelis Ploos van Amstel and Elisabeth Troost, the daughter of the painter Corne...
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Sunday, October 5, 2025
Struggle and release - two etchings by Erich Wolfsfeld
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The Bound Man, circa 1907-1909. * Three Archers, circa 1910-19. (This detail is from a different "pull" of the etching.) Study for...
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Sunday, September 28, 2025
Blumenstillleben - flower paintings by Franz Xaver Wolf
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* Franz Xaver Wolf (11 June 1896, Vienna - 1989), Austrian painter and engraver. Little is known about his early life, but he attended the...
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