Gods and Foolish Grandeur
Life And The Arts...From A Retrograde Perspective
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Portraits d'hommes
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Andrew Copland, by George Watson, 1802. Portrait of a Man, by Domenico Tintoretto, circa 1586-1589. Unknown, nd. Portrait o...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, by Pyotr Neradovsky, 1905
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The last Tsar's younger sister at home, looking very elegant and retiring; she was neither. Rather, she was kind, very down to earth...
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Saturday, January 30, 2016
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton - two portraits by Daniël Mijtens
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The first portrait by Mijtens, taken in 1623, when the then Earl of Arran was seventeen. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton (19 June...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
The Belvédère - Petit Trianon, Versailles
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Between 1788 and 1781, to the designs of her personal architect, Richard Mique, a music salon was built for Marie Antoinette on a small ...
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