#baroque building

[paintingsandhistory]

The Colonnade of Queen Mary Court, Greenwich

Artist: James Holland (English, 1799–1870)

Date: 1833

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States

Description

Queen Mary Court is one of the spectacular Grade I listed baroque buildings at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London. Originally commissioned in 1694 by Queen Mary II as a naval hospital for retired seamen, it was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and later completed by architect Thomas Ripley.

[huariqueje]

Dresden at de Zwinger  -  Friedel Anderson , 2022.

German,  b. 1954  -  

Oil on canvas , 70 x 70 cm.

[someiconsx]

baroque architecture - headers.     ✧ like or reblog if you use/save.     ✧ @dearcardan on twitter.