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Faust and the Earth Spirit: A sequence of paintings with agitated rhythm and tangled webs of black paint over layers of red and yellow colors depicting scenes of dim enclosures and various gothic settings that provide the ground for the appearance of figures representing Faust, Mephistopheles, and various characters, metamorphosis, and symbols ...
The collection contains roughly 5,500 paintings by 1,400 artists born before 1900, and over 500 named artists are French by birth. For painters with more than two works in the collection, or for paintings by unnamed and unknown artists, see the Louvre website.
Throughout the world, there are many works of art that have a contested provenance. This may be due to theft, lost documentation, looting , or just information lost to antiquity. In some cases, just the previous or current ownership of the work is disputed, but in other cases the authenticity of the work itself may be thought to be a forgery .
Actually: ‘The painting in the great hall of the Kloveniers Doelen in which the young Lord of Purmerland [Frans Banninck Cocq] as Captain, gives the order to his Lieutenant, the Lord of Vlaerdingen [Willem van Ruytenburgh] to march off his Company of Citizens’, as the painting is called in the family album of Frans Banninck Cocq.
By 1667, the painting was placed in the Louvre by Louis XIV. Questions have arisen in the past as to whether the painting was executed by Raphael or by his apprentice Giulio Romano. It was atypical for Raphael to use color in such a manner. Combining orange, yellow, and gold to create a metallic finish was not typically found in his paintings.
Doktor Johannes Faust, Op. 47 (1936, revised 1955) Don Juan und Faust, Op. 75 (1950) Douglas Moore's The Devil and Daniel Webster (1938) Gertrude Stein's Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights (1938 libretto) Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress (1951) Hanns Eisler's Johann Faustus (1952 libretto) Havergal Brian's Faust (1955–56)
A satirical painting of former President Bill Clinton wearing a blue dress and bright red heels hung in convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's New York City mansion, according to reports.. The ...
The Bar (painting) Bashi-Bazouk (Jean-Léon Gérôme) Berlin Street Scene; Between Rounds; The Bezique Game; Blessed Jacopone da Todi (painting) The Bookworm (Spitzweg) The Breakdown; Breaking Home Ties; The Brierwood Pipe; Britomart Delivering Amoretta from the Enchantment of Busirane; Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret; The Bullfight