Rennaisance paintings art

Peter Paul Rubens, a painter and draftsman from Antwerp, was the most important and celebrated 17-century artist from Northern Europe. His influence was particularly strong. From 1620 onwards the so-called ‘high baroque’ (maniera grande) was introduced in his work. “The Fall of the Damned” is such a highly dramatic and monumental religious painting. It features a jumble of the bodies of the damned, hurled into abyss by archangel Michael and accompanying angels. The sketch of The Fall of the…

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The Martyrdom of St. Cristina (detail, 1895) Vicente Palmaroli y González

The Creation of Adam + Trump is a very ingenius work of art by Michelangelo (The Orange Ninja Turtle). It is located in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is famous because to draw it, Michelangelo had to either A) endure extreme back pain as he looked up in an awkward manner, or B) work in a zero gravity chamber.

This painting is a copy of Winterhalter’s original portrait, painted in Paris in 1864. Graefle also copied its companion painting of the Emperor Maximilian, Princess Charlotte’s husband (RCIN 402484). Princess Charlotte (1840-1927) was the only daughter of Leopold I, King of the Belgians. She was lively and intelligent as a child and much loved by her English relations. She married the in 1857 and her husband was created Emperor of Mexico in 1864. He was executed there in 1867. Queen…