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2 days ago · Mariana of Austria (1634-1696) was the daughter of the Emperor Ferdinand III and María of Austria, Queen of Hungary. It was intended that she marry her cousin, Prince Baltasar Carlos, but following his death she married Philip IV in 1649. Velázquez executed this portrait after his return from Italy.
4 days ago · If you’re learning German through an Austrian lens, understanding the country's historical and cultural backdrop will help you tremendously. So put on your dancing shoes for a waltz through Austrian culture and traditions, starting with a breakdown of its rich history.
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3 days ago · Through a careful analysis of visual representations of the queen in various genres Doran concludes that the image of Elizabeth as a virgin came to the fore during the 1580s – when Elizabeth was in her fifties and definitively past childbearing. It featured in ways that, especially in the later paintings, emphasised the power of virginity.
1 day ago · Karl von Blaas was an Austrian painter known for his detailed and expressive historical and religious paintings. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and Venice, becoming a prominent figure in 19th-century academic art. "Die Heilige Katharina" (Saint Catherine) is a notable work by Karl von Blaas, created in 1850.
2 days ago · The Tory government, run by Lord Liverpool, a career politician with no known interests in the arts, seemed ready to let the chance pass when Austria unexpectedly re-paid a debt from the Napoleonic Wars. It was enough to cover the £57,000 (nearly £8 million in today’s money) for Angerstein’s paintings.
4 days ago · In the 1930s, desperate for fame and money, Meegeren started to forge the paintings of Johannes Vermeer. The forgeries were crude yet convincing for a wartime Dutch art world. Göring, astonished by the prospect of owning a genuine Vermeer, traded van Meegeren’s painting for 137 works from his private collection.
2 days ago · A photograph taken on May 16, 2024 shows the face of King Charles III as depicted in his official portrait painted by British artist Jonathan Yeo, displayed at the Philip Mould gallery, on Pall ...
