Gods and Foolish Grandeur
Life And The Arts...From A Retrograde Perspective
Sunday, April 27, 2025
A tempest in stone - Marguerite Louise d’Orléans by Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1687
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Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (28 July 1645, Château de Blois – 17 September 1721, 15 Place des Vosges, Paris), French princess - a firs...
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Sunday, April 20, 2025
Sur la poitrine de l'Impératrice - the Grand noeud de corsage of the Empress Eugénie
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Bow-knot corsage brooch / Grand noeud de corsage , with two tassels of unequal length and five "fringes", bezel-set and en pam...
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Sunday, April 13, 2025
Water, sun, and war - "Tommies Bathing," two watercolors by John Singer Sargent, 1918
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Sargent painted the two watercolors known as "Tommies Bathing" in the summer of 1918. He had been commissioned by the British go...
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Sunday, April 6, 2025
In fresh splendor - Doña Ana de Velasco y Téllez-Girón, Duchess of Bragança, by Juan Pantoja de La Cruz, 1603
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Ana de Velasco y Téllez-Girón, Duchess consort of Bragança (12 March 1585, Naples – 7 November 1607, Vila Viçosa, Portugal), Spanish noble...
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Sunday, March 30, 2025
The king's pretty box - the "coffret des pierreries" of Louis XIV
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Jewel box of Louis XIV - previously known as "d'Anne d'Autriche” - created by the goldsmiths Jakob Blanck and Jean Pitan, 167...
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