Baroque side altar in St. Barbara's Cathedral, Kutna Hora, Czechia
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The Cauchie House - Rue des Francs 5, 1040 Brussels
This Art Nouveau house was designed and built by the architect, painter, and designer Paul Cauchie and his wife, Lina, in 1905, the year they were married. It served as their private residence and workshop.
The house is only 6 meters (20 feet) wide. The facade was meant to advertise Cauchie's sgraffito artwork and Lina's art classes. Cauchie created hundreds of sgraffito murals in Belgium.
Photos by Charles Reeza, 2023
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Three Portraits of Dr. Elizabeth Winterhalter painted by her life partner Ottilie W. Roederstein (1859-1937) in 1887, 1912, and 1927.
From the exhibit:
Self. Determined. at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt
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Kill, Marry, and Fuck. In that order.
Happy New Year!
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The Tiny Shoe
Triumphal Arch, Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels
Photos by Charles Reeza, October 2023
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The Three Parcae, ivory, Joachim Henne, 1670
The Reiner Winkler Collection, Liebieghaus Sculpture Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
In Roman mythology, the Parcae were the female personifications of Destiny. They are often called the Fates in English. Their Greek equivalents were the Moirai. They controlled the "thread of life" of every mortal and immortal. Even the gods feared the Parcae.
Nona spun the thread of life on her spindle, Decima measured the thread of life, and Morta cut the thread of life and chose the way a person would die.
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Prague, Czech Republic
Photo by Charles Reeza, October 2023
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Chronos on the Globe, Ivory and lapis lazuli, made in Vienna by Matthias Steinl c. 1720
The Reiner Winkler Collection, Liebieghaus Sculpture Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
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Portrait of Simon George of Cornwall, c. 1535-1540, by Hans Holbein the Younger
Städel Museum - Frankfurt, Germany
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Thirteen Gothic Bohemian Madonnas
Convent of Agnes of Bohemia - National Gallery Prague
Madonna of Zbraslav, Prague 1350-1360
Madonna of Vyšehrad (AKA Madonna of Rain), Prague c. 1356
Madonna of Rome, Prague before 1360
Madonna of Most, Prague before 1350
Madonna of Březnice, Prague, 1396
Madonna of Roudnice, Prague c. 1385
Madonna of Jindřichův Hradec, Prague c. 1410
Madonna Enthroned, Prague c. 1390
Madonna from St. Vitus Cathedral, c. 1400
Madonna of Svojšín, Prague after 1410
Madonna with Grapes, Bohemia 1538
Madonna of Doudleby, South Bohemia c. 1440
The Assumption from Deštná, South Bohemia c. 1450
Photos by Charles Reeza
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Young Man with Rifle (Wilhelm Altheim), Oil on canvas, 1893, by Ottilie W. Roederstein
from the 2022 exhibit Self. Determined. - The Painter Ottilie W. Roederstein at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, Germany
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