27 décembre 2015

  Ruth Harriet Louise (1903−1940), Greta Garbo, 1920 Ruth Harriet Louise (1903−1940), Greta Garbo, 1927 Ruth Harriet Louise (1903−1940), Greta Garbo, circa 1930 Ruth Harriet Louise (1903−1940), Greta Garbo, circa 1930 Ruth Harriet Louise (1903−1940), Greta Garbo Silhouette, circa 1930

Over a period of twenty years James Sowell slowly assembled the best collection of Chinese porcelain birds, animals and figures in the country. Not only comprehensive, the Sowell Collection features jewels of top quality in each category it encompasses, from important, large pairs of majestic birds, courtiers and exotic animals to charming and colorful figures of laughing boys and courting couples. The collection resided happily in the Sowells’ Dallas home surrounded by classic English furniture of the Georgian period. In 2008... [Lire la suite]

Davide Ghirlandaio (1452-1525, Florence) and Sebastiano di Bartolo Mainardi (1460-1513, Florence), Portrait of a Young Man in Three Quarter Length, 1490. Tempera on poplar, 44,60 x 34,40 cm. Ident.Nr. 86. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin © Photo: Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photo: Jörg P. Anders.

Profile portrait of a young woman, 1490. Oil on poplar, ,60 x 34,40 cm. Ident.Nr. 83. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin © Photo: Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photo: Volker-H.

Giovanni Bellini (1430/1435-1516, Venice), Madonna and child standing on a parapet, 1460. Oil on poplar, 66,30 x 48,60 cm. Ident.Nr. 1177. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin © Photo: Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photo: Jörg P. Anders.

Anton Graff (1736-1813), The physician and philosopher Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann (1728-1795), 1772-1773. Oil on canvas, 54,00 x 46,00 cm. Ident.Nr. 1034E. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin © Photo: Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photo: Volker-H.  The sitter, whose identity through a reproductive engraving of Heinrich Pfenninger (1749 - 1815) is occupied, native of Brugg in the canton of Aargau, where he held the post of town physician since 1752nd He maintained... [Lire la suite]

Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588-1629, Utrecht), Esau sold his birthright. Oil on canvas, 94.8 x 116.3 cm. Ident.Nr. 1982. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin © Photo: Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photo: Jörg P. Anders. 

Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) shirakii Onthophagus potanini Onthophagus trituber Onthophagus (Strandius) oshimanus Onthophagus (Paraphanaeomorphus) argyropygus Onthophagus petenensis Onthophagus taurus Onthophagus leucomelas Onthophagus ponticus Onthophagus tersus Onthophagus rubriferris

The Annunciation to Mary, about 1520, Netherlands. Oil on oak, 79.1 x 65.2 cm. Ident.Nr. 645A. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin © Photo: Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photo: Jörg P. Anders. 

Nicolas de Largillière (1656 - 1746), The sculptor René Frémin (1672-1744), ca. 1713. Oil on canvas. 135.5 x 109.2 cm. Ident.Nr. 80.1. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin © Photo: Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photo: Jörg P. Anders.  Here the baroque topos ingenious artistry is celebrated. The sculptor moves confidently between unformed matter in the foreground and consummate in the form of 'Torso of Belvedere "in the background. The former strict canon demanded... [Lire la suite]