#draperies

[preraphaelitepaintings]

Four Corners to my Bed

Artist: Isobel Lilian Gloag (English, 1865–1917)

Date: c. 1901

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Private Collection

Description

Allegorical work highlighting the beauty and innocence of a newborn baby, serenaded by three angels with instruments while a fourth prays beside the bed.

‘Four corners to my bed Four angels round my head Matthew, Mark, Luke & John Bless the bed that I lie on’

[20thcenturyartgallery]

Princess Parizade Bringing Home the Singing Tree

Artist: Maxfield Parrish (American, (1870-1966)

Date: 1906

Medium: Oil on paper

Collection: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, United States

[artemlegere]

King Lear's Daughers

Artist: Gustav Pope (British, 1852-1895)

Date: c. 1875-1876

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Description

Many painters in Victorian England, seeking subjects full of emotion and moral content, found their inspiration in the works of William Shakespeare. Here, the artist has chosen to depict the three female protagonists of one of Shakespeare's greatest plays: King Lear. On the left are the wicked daughters, Goneril and Regan, who flattered their father until he granted each of them a third of his kingdom, and then betrayed him. On the right is Cordelia, who spoke truthfully to her father. This angered him, and in his rage, he disinherited and banished her. Later, King Lear and Cordelia were reconciled, but both the father and the three daughters met a tragic end.

[portrait-paintings]

Madame Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord

Artist: François Gérard (French, 1770–1837)

Date: c. 1804

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, United States

Sitter: Catherine Grand

Catherine Noël Grand (née Worlée; 21 November 1761– 10 December 1834) was a French courtesan and noblewoman. She was the daughter of a colonial officer in French India, who became the mistress and later the wife of French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the first Prime Minister of France. From 1806 until her death she was Catherine Noël de Talleyrand-Périgord.

[artandthebible]

Christ Escapes the Pharisees

Artist: Johann Friedrich Overbeck (German, 1789-1869)

Date: 1866

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium

[allegorypaintings]

Allegory Celebrating Emperor Rudolf II

Artist: Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546-1611)

Date: 1592

Medium: Oil on copper

Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria

Description

Crowned by the airborne goddess of fame, Fama, this assembly of deities and allegories celebrates the royal virtues of Rudolf II, and the blessings of his reign.

[paintingsandhistory]

Artemisia Receives the Ashes of Mausolus

Artist: Willem de Poorter (Dutch, 1608-after 1648)

Date: 1600's

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI, United States

Description

Queen Artemisia II of Caria received and consumed the ashes of her husband and brother, Mausolus, mixing them into her daily drink to turn her own body into his living tomb.

Artemisia II ruled Caria (modern-day Turkey) from 353 to 351 BCE after the death of her husband Mausolus.

[royalty-nobility]

Anna Sofia, 1647-1717, Princess of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, her Sons Johann Georg IV, 1668-1697, Elector of Saxony, Friedrich August I / August II the Strong, 1670-1733, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland

Artist: Attributed to David von Krafft (German-Swedish, 1655–1724)

Date: c. 1675-1680

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery of Sweden / Gripsholm Castle, Sweden

Depicted People:

Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647-1717)

John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1668-1694)

Augustus II the Strong (1670-1733)