Another Day of Jerry's Strange Art Picks

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 Top of the day today was Gauguin's Still Life with Three Puppies.  How you can have anything still with 3 puppies is beyond me.

We started the day with another self portrait of Joseph Ducreux (only Kiki can pronounce that last name).  In this one he is pointing directly at the viewer.

To add a little interest I threw in 4 paintings from the Getty Challenge.  Not something to go into detail on but they were fun to view.  There are hundreds of them out there so if you liked them try a search fo "Getty Challenge".

For variety I threw in a Daguerreotype from 1840 by Vincent Chevalier.  It shows Equestrian statue of Henri IV with the Seine and the Louvre in the background.

Following my weird and busy theme, I decided to throw in some Old Testament art.  The first was a painting depicting The Worship of the Golden Calf and the second from an Italian synagogue depicting The Feast of Rejoicing the Law.  Not the favorites of the group.

I threw in another "Homework" painting at the end.  This gigapixel image is the Carnival of 1656, carousel at Palazzo Barberini in honour of Christina of Sweden.  I challenged everyone to find the following things in the painting:  Woman holding dog, Kids climbing in window, The band, Someone serving tea, A masked Jester in the audience.  It is the last image in the list.  Feel free to try your luck.

  • Joseph Ducreux, Portrait of the Artist with a Mocking Face -- 18th Century -- link --
  • Girl with Pearl Earring Recreation -- link --
  • Portrait of a young woman recreation, Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy 1632 -- link --
  • Van Gogh self portrait Recreation -- link --
  • Woodblock Recreation -- link --
  • Vincent Chevalier, View Of Paris (Daguerreotype) -- 1840 -- link --
  • Frans Francken the Younger, The Worship of the golden Calf, -- 1600s -- link --
  • Paul Gauguin, Still Life with Three Puppies -- 1888 -- link --
  • Soloman Hart, The Feast of Rejoicing the Law -- 1850 -- link --
  • Filippo Gagliardi, Filippo Lauri, Carnival of 1656, carousel at Palazzo Barberini in honour of Christina of Sweden -- 1656/1659 -- link --

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  1. KikiJanuary 14, 2021 at 12:14 PM

    Hot off the press from my Swedish friend about Princess Kristina being erased from the Filippos painting (last bullet as can't write comments directly inline)

    Kristina abdicated so perhaps due to that she was “diminished “ and her Christian name changed from Queen Kristina to Kris.

    Sorry no idea how to format or create links here if not an admin so here it goes.

    1) Film about her life Called "The Girl King":
    https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3802640921?playlistId=tt1254322&ref_=tt_ov_vi"

    2) Wiki article (lengthy) about her life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina,_Queen_of_Sweden?fbclid=IwAR37Ykz-8D7J9fjLUF99JajmOrBEpVXl2v95JFigNq7UdfuSR7eqPbXTfbQ

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    1. RuthlessJanuary 14, 2021 at 10:01 PM

      That makes more sense than a restorer erasing her.

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  2. KikiJanuary 15, 2021 at 10:40 AM

    Film The Girl King

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