#historical portraits

[jaubaius]

AC/DC a meets historical portraits meets projection mapping🎼🎵

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#amazing #cool #technology #music #historical portraits #acdc #projection #unmuted #rock music #son obligatoires #fetesdeslumieres

[lauren-adassovsky]

Inspired by Alexis Simon Belle, Van Der Helst, De Largillière

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#historical portraits #marker art #costume history

[pagansphinx]

El Greco (Spanish, 1591-1614) St. Louis, King of France and a Pageboy • 1592–1595 • Louvre, Paris

#art #painting #fine art #art history #spanish painter #mannerism #louvre #portrait #el greco #historical art #historical portraits #16th century art #spanish artist

[realcatalina]

What flower is on Catherine of Aragon's necklace?

White rose and? If you say red rose, then you need to have your eye-sight check, seriously.

Read further if you want to know what this reddish-orange flower might be.

This portrait needs no introduction. There are multiple theories as to who it us and my fans know I firmly believe it is Catherine of Aragon and not Mary Rose Tudor.

Well, about a month ago I've red an article which mentions the problematic: Michael Sittow Exhibition and Catalog Review by Stephan Kemperdick.

He is curator in Gemäldegalerie in Berlin.

And words of Dr Kemperdick has restored my faith in proffesionals who deal with art. Because his take upon this portrait...it's pure proffesionalism at its best. How it should be.

(Although bit confusing to normal fans because Mr Kemperdick is refering to the portraits not by names we fans use...but their locations or other names...I was ok with it...I think most of you would struggle with it.)

He makes such excellent points regarding this portrait.

And today I'm going to talk about one of them, one which I have known about for while, but kept putting on for later, because I had no answers.

This necklace is not showing white and red roses!

The white flower looks like rose, but the other flower is not even red! It's orange-red! And has pointy leaves! Roses with such petals didn't exist in Tudor era! (And I'd say they don't even now.)

White rose+orange-red flower with pointy leaves is not representation of Tudor rose!

(The tiny red and white flwers could be representing Tudor roses, but they seem to have just four petals...but that can be just optical ilusion...we don't have them in HD.)

That this necklace is showing Tudor roses is false observation, which is insisted upon! And false observation made both by Mr Mathews when he identified it as Mary Rose and by Friedländer(the guy who identified it as Catherine of Aragon in 1915.

Don't get me wrong, I still believe it is Catherine...but what the hell is the other flower?! What is this orange(or slightly red) pointy thing?!

I tried to find something which would fit...but it's probably not orange lily...tulips look good from side but not from this angle...

What the hell is it...and why would it be important to Catherine.

Straight away i went to look, how does pomegranate flower look like.

Colour ok? Orange-ish red...but completely wrong shape of petals.

So I thought that is the end of the theory. Then I went on holiday...and by chance there were dozens of pomegranate trees/shrubs. Most had already nice green fruit(not yet ripe), rather large even.

But there were few blooms and I noticed something.

Pomegranate flower has something very curious behind the petals.

And I thought...is that beginning of fruit already? Seems odd...These things were very red...and all pomegranate fruits on tree were very green...not hint of redness in them.

Apparently this thing behind the petals of pomegrante flower is called sepal, it protects the flower in the bud, and then in some fruit types the sepals can form 'accessory fruit'-it doesn't fall off, but becomes part of the fruit itself. In pomegranate's case, can you guess which part?

And amazingly, after petals fall off, often the sepals are no longer so vividly red...but instead turn to peachy orange with some redness:

Normally it has 6 sepals but I've seen few with 7, and on grown fruit(already not orange) I've seen even 5.

So I think it is possible that the orange flower on Catherine's necklace are sepals of pomegrante.

Pomegranate in unsual form.

Seriously, it has been identified as Catherine for so long..before Mary Rose nonsense started...and nobody thought to investigate if it could be pomegranate?

...Insisting upon false observation indeed!

And remember what Mr Mathews said...it can't be Catherine of Aragon, because her symbol is pomegranate...and she is not wearing it.

Except she might be wearing pomegranate...just not in usual form.

#historical portraits #catherine of aragon #katherine of aragon #catalina of aragon #sittow

[resplendentoutfit]

Louis Caravaque (French, 1684–1754) • Portrait of Elizabeth of Russia • 1750 • State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Definitely over-dressed but we can forgive her for it, as she banned executions. She never married and was a proponent of sexual freedom. Kudos, Elizabeth!

The outrageous, extravagant, humorous, and often beautiful outfits worn by subjects of old portraits.

The ceremonial attire of Elizabeth • Catherine Palace, Museum Tsarskoye Selo

#painting #portrait #royal portraits #art #french artist #elizabeth of russia #historical portraits #the resplendent outfit #18th century art #fashion history #art history #empress of russia

[spiralhouseshop]

New in the Catalog!

Shotgun Seamstress: An Anthology by Osa Atoe

Shotgun Seamstress: A Fanzine by and for Black Punks" is a collection of all eight issues of the fanzine, created between 2006 and 2015. The fanzine was founded by Osa Atoe, inspired by the experience of being the only Black person at a punk show. It serves as a platform for Black punks to express and represent their full range of experiences and to explore the possibilities of Black identity, rather than being limited by mainstream definitions. The fanzine features essays, interviews, historical portraits, reviews, and more, honoring musicians and artists who embody free Black expression and challenge the notion of Black culture as monolithic. It also showcases a diverse range of gender and sexuality, including figures such as Vaginal Cream Davis, Death, Poly Styrene, Brontez Purnell, Rachel Aggs, Alvin Baltrop, and Mick Collins. The layouts of each issue are reproduced as they were originally hand-photocopied and distributed in small batches.

1.26" H x 10.26" L x 7.26" W (2.43 lbs) 368 pages

#Black punk culture #fanzine #DIY publication #Osa Atoe #Vaginal Cream Davis #Death #Poly Styrene #Brontez Purnell #Rachel Aggs #Alvin Baltrop #Mick Collins #essays #interviews #historical portraits #reviews #gender and sexuality #punk music #punk rock #punk subculture #black music #black identity #DIY culture

[weaponproficiencies]

Miss Elliott as Circe - Daniel Gardner (c. 1778)

Mrs Nesbitt as Circe - Joshua Reynolds (1781)

Lady Hamilton as Circe - George Romney (c. 1782)

Circe (Kate Keown) - Julia Margaret Cameron (1865)

Geneviève Vix in costume as Circe - Lèopold Reutlinger (c. 1907)

Circe - Beatrice Offor (1911)

Tilla Durieux as Circe - Franz Von Stuck (c. 1913)

Circe and the Sirens - Edmond Brock (1925) Edith Chaplin, Marchioness of Londonderry, and Her Three Youngest Daughters

Miss Audrey Stevenson as Circe - Mary Cecil Allen (1930)

Lady Alexandra Henrietta Louisa Haig as Circe - Madame Yevonde (1935)

#circe #portraiture #art history #historical portraits #greek mythology

[larobeblanche]

Oswald Birley (British, 1880–1952) • The Nurse (Margaret Elizabeth Barrett) • 1921 • The estate of the sitter

#art #painting #oswald birley #historical portraits #women in white #la robe blanche #white dress #women in paintings #portrait #portrait painter #british painter #early 20th century british art #fine art

[inthemoodformoodboards]

#moodboard #art #portraits #historical portraits #royal portraits

[gracehosborn]

So I set up and turned on my laptop and monitor to work on some things and I have a folder of about thirty wallpapers running at random which switch every half hour with my screen extended. Seeing this gave me a laugh. The background on the monitor is a portrait of John Laurens in uniform done by Charles Fraser. The one on the laptop screen is a portrait of Alexander Hamilton in his Inspector General uniform, done by William J. Weaver. The funniest part about this is that Laurens and Hamilton are facing the same direction with the same angle, and they just happen to randomly show on my screens at the exact same time. 😂

#grace’s random ramble #alexander hamilton #john laurens #painting #historical portraits #historical alexander hamilton #historical john laurens #amrev art

[garthglaz]

Painted and Sketched Portrait of "Beth Dutton" from Yellowstone

I need to create multiple studies to explore ways to portray the principal characters showing their personalities and emotional qualities.

#yellowstone series #TV show #tv stars #garth glazier #garthglazierarts #celebrity portraits #Expressive Portraits #historical portraits #procreate portraits

[lauren-adassovsky]

Inspired by Pierre Gobert, Robert Home and Wallerant Vaillant

#marker art #historical portraits #historical fashion #costume design #costume history

[pagansphinx]

Jean-Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702-1789) • Portrait of Marie-Josèphe of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731–1767) • Pastel • Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

#art #painting #fine art #paintings i've seen #art history #portraiture #portrait #swiss artist #royal portraits #Jean-Étienne Liotard #18th century painting #portraitist #pastel on paper #18th century art #european art #historical portraits #women in paintings #pagan sphinx art blog

[realcatalina]

I just found this portrait on mutualart.com

This is labelled there as unknown lady! When it is clearly Mary I as princess. Pri.Agl. Agl like Angliae?-latin for England

It is definitely her cross pendant with three pearls hanging, clearly her face, and she also tended to hold her hands this way in many portraits.

But obviously this is a copy and it has some innacuracies, few addons as well. Especially shape of her black dress seems off, as if somebody decided to just make up shape of her torso from scratch.

This is how i would imagine it was meant to look like:

Perhaps with black cloth girdle, hidden around waist by hands.

Link to the webpage, where you can see it in HD:

https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/PORTRAIT-OF-A-LADY/C822211B4025F85E

I looked further and italian webpage to do with same 2021 auction, has actually labelled it as RITRATTO DI MARIA I TUDOR.

Portrait of Mary I Tudor. I take it back, they know who it is!

I searched for Mary's portraits in Spain, Austria, Netherlands, USA...but Italy really nope...but that is my mistake. The assumption that portrait in 500 years couldnt travel to completely different part of Europe is simply unwise of me.

PS: Have you ever seen this one before, am i only one unaware of it?

#historical portraits #tudor history #mary i of england

[resplendentoutfit]

Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky (Russian, 1757-1825) • Portrait of count G.G. Kushelev • 1801 •

Received a Bedazzler kit for Christmas and refused to share with the children.

The outrageous, extravagant, humorous, and often beautiful outfits worn by the subjects of old portraits.

#russian empire #imperial artist #bedazzled! #count kushelev #art humor #the resplendent outfit #art history #portrait #double portrait #royal portrait #historical portraits

[die-rosastrasse]

Piero di Cosimo

Italian, 1462-1522

Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci, 1490 (detail)

#art #painting #renaissance #renaissance art #art detail #painting detail #classical art #15th century #italian art #piero di cosimo #simonetta vespucci #women in art #portrait #portrait art #paintings #art history #historical art #art lover #snake #serpent #art aesthetic #art academia #fashion history #historical fashion #historical hairstyles #european history