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Historic Romantic Allegory Teotihuacan, attribited to Leon Cogniet (1794-1880)
Located in brussel, BE
Allegory of historic events that took place in Mexico-Texas by romantic painter Léon Cogniet.Experts Jan De Maere-Kornelius Engelen
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Scaled model of Chinese Ceramic workshop with 17 polychromed figures.End 19th C
Located in brussel, BE
The Diorama was in a private collection for more than 20 years and is said to have been exposed at the China Exposition 1902 in Copenhagen.This group of Chinese polychromed-decorate...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 16th C Portraits of Turkish Ottoman Sultans, follower of Paolo Veronese.
By Paolo Veronese
Located in brussel, BE
Portrait of Sultan Isa Çelebi (died 1403),identity inscribed in Latin.
Portrait of Sultan Murad III (1546–1595), identity inscribed in Latin.
The present paintings refer to the works attributed to a follower of Paolo Veronese in the Bayerische Staatsgemälde Sammlungen , Würzburg . The paintings are comparable and complementary to a set of 6 Turkish rulers sold in 2022 for 1,5 M. by Sothebys.
Located at the crossroads of East and West, the Ottoman Empire absorbed a diverse range of influences, including Chinese, European, and Persian, to produce a distinctive and coherent artistic language throughout a range of decorative arts. Ottoman expansion into Eastern Europe and subsequent access to the silver mines of the Balkans between the 14th and 16th C. led to a rich and skilled tradition of Ottoman silverware, tiles, dishes, and other ceramic objects. From the 16th to 19th C. the production of decorative arts continued to flourish with the introduction of both rococo and baroque elements signalling an increasingly open attitude to all things European. The production of Orientalist paintings is rich in topographical landscapes of Istanbul, genre scenes, and portraits of Ottoman notables. Europe’s fascination with its powerful, Muslim neighbours inspired a wave of accounts and paintings of the Ottoman world. The taking of Constantinople in 1453 by the young Mehmet II ('The Conqueror’) not only sparked this interest, but the young Sultan himself, who invited European painters to his court, further fuelled this fashion. The period following his reign saw relations between the Republic of Venice and its powerful neighbour reach a state of relative calm, initiating a period of exchange and trade.
The present portraits of the Sultans, depicted in three-quarter view and wearing a large turban and richly embroidered cloak...
Category
16th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bronze by Herbert Cawood of Sir Lugard
Located in brussel, BE
Sir Frederick Lugard, baron of Abinger, UK kolonial and administrator Hong Kong en Afrika.
Herbert harry Cawood (1890-1957)
Signed and dated
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Harbor View Landscape painting, Oil on Canvas, 80 x 59 cm, Framed and Signed.
Located in brussel, BE
Gaston Haustraete was a student at the Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Brussels. He became a member of the Art Association 'Le Sillon' in 1899. His studio was in the Troonstraat in B...
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th C Landscape with Noblewoman and Squire, Dutch Shool, Oil on Copper, Framed
Located in brussel, BE
This charming bucolic landscape bathes in a soft yellow light. A lady on horseback, accompanied by a boy on a donkey, stops near a shepherd. The herd looks at two fishers and quietly...
Category
17th Century Land Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lucien Desmaré (Schaarbeek, 1905 - Brussels, 1961) Streetview with Two Nuns
Located in brussel, BE
Lucien Desmaré was a Belgian painter born in 1905 and who died in 1961. He was a painter, etcher, illustrator and decorator. He has followed training at the Academies in Anderlecht, ...
Category
20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
16th C Mechelen Doll with letter M carved in the back.Some leftovers of polychro
Located in brussel, BE
Mechelen dolls are rare wooden devotional figurines (mainly walnut was used), which were made by some members of the Guild of Saint Luke. The figures, all individual saints, were made from reference models using highly regulated carving and polychrome techniques. They had to meet several requirements. The shape of the rug had to meet certain criteria and the letter M (from Mechelen) had to be visible in the shape. These devotional or saint figurines...
Category
16th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Driftwood
Three framed geometric Drawings.Two initialed J D 4/40.One not signed same hand.
Located in brussel, BE
Three geometrical drawings of abstract building implmentation.
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Gustave Fontaine (1877-1952), Selection of 2 sculptured plaster head models.
Located in brussel, BE
Gustave FONTAINE ( Etterbeek 1877-1952 Brussels). Sculptor–painter. Took courses in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, continued his training at the Academy of Brussels and with the sculptor Julien Dillens...
Category
20th Century More Art
Materials
Wood
19th C Austrian Terracotta Buste attributed to Friedrich Goldscheider
Located in brussel, BE
Friedrich Goldscheider (1845 - 1897) was active/lived in Austria, France. Friedrich Goldscheider is known for Painting and sculpture. Friedrich Goldscheider was born in 1845 in Slabetz, Czech Republic and died 1897 in Nice. He is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the history of European ceramics.
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Gustave Fontaine (1877-1952), Selection of 3 Sculptures plaster model Heads
Located in brussel, BE
Gustave FONTAINE ( Etterbeek 1877-1952 Brussels). Sculptor–painter. Took courses in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, continued his training at the Academy of Brussels and with the sculptor Julien Dillens...
Category
20th Century More Art
Materials
Plaster
17th C Portrait of Russian Nobleman wearing Ushanka Hat, Flemish Shool.
By David Teniers the Younger
Located in brussel, BE
The portrait represents a man, estimated to be 60 years of age, standing turned to the viewer's right, looking at the viewer with a commanding expression. He has a moustache and beard and wears a high fur cap. He wears a brown mantle over a whitish shirt and, over it, a heavy gold chain...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
17th C painting of a peasant couple preparing for Carnival.Flemish School.
Located in brussel, BE
Preparation for Carnival: a three day festival of insatiable eating, drinking and carousing that preceded the forty days of Lent, a period of penitence when the pious drank only wate...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Milkgirl, Rococo-Style, Unknown Artist, Pastel Drawing
Located in brussel, BE
Not only in the 17th century, but also in the 18th century, genre painting, where people are portrayed in their daily life, was successful. The theme of the milkmaid, which we all kn...
Category
18th Century Rococo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Sunset over the Sea, Jan de Clerck (1891 - 1964), Oil on Unalit, Signed.
Located in brussel, BE
Pieter - Jan De Clerck (1891 - 1964) - Sunset over the Sea
Realistic Impressionist painter of landscapes, seascapes, still lifes and portraits.Pupil of Frans...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Richard Durando-Togo, Women at the Market, Oil on Canvas, Framed and signed.
Located in brussel, BE
Richard Durando-Togo (Buenos Aires, 1910- ?) is a painter of Argentine origin who spent most of his life in Italy and France, in the latter country he settled permanently in 1934. He...
Category
1960s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kees Van Dongen, Sketch of an Ethnical woman sitting on a bed, signed litho
By Kees van Dongen
Located in brussel, BE
The lithography shows a ethnical woman sitting quite relax and with a smile on a bed. She’s wearing loose fitting robes and a tulle band wrapped around her head, the beaded necklace she is wearing is visible from afar. Her right foot is resting on the edge of the bed with her right hand resting nonchalant on her knee. The left foot is on the floor and still has the orange shoe...
Category
20th Century More Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
17th C Polychromed fruitwood carved statue depicting Madonna, France.
Located in brussel, BE
An exceptionally beautiful antique French wood carving, made in the 17th century. It depicts Madonna standing with open offering arms .The...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th C Polychromed fruitwood carved statue depicting Maria Magdalena, Germany.
Located in brussel, BE
This beautiful polychrome and highly expressive statue 18th C statue represents Mary Magdalene in prayer, hands joined, eyes raised to the sky.It's of German origin
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th C Inuit Male Statues carved in Walrus Tusk
Located in brussel, BE
This pair is a fine example of ivory carving done by Inuit natives; Native Americans who live within and just below the Arctic Circle. Each year they procured a substantial amount of ivory from their walrus kills. The raw ivory was usually thrown on top of their huts to weather and properly season. Proper seasoning caused the ivory to dry from the inside out and thus rarely cracks. Hand-made tools were improvised for carving the ivory and bow-string hand drills were also in use. Ivory carving has been practiced by the Inuit for over 2,000 years and traditionally only Inuit men were allowed to carve objects out of ivory, bone, and wood. Artists found their inspiration in daily life and the natural world around them. Ivory items made from walrus tusks...
Category
19th Century More Art
Materials
Organic Material
Gustave Fontaine (1877-1952), polychromed model head.
Located in brussel, BE
Gustave FONTAINE ( Etterbeek 1877-1952 Brussels). Sculptor–painter. Took courses in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, continued his training at the Academy of Brussels and with the sculptor Julien Dillens...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
17th C Stone statue of Saint Erasmus or Saint Elmo
Located in brussel, BE
Saint Erasmus or Saint Elmo (Antioch, ca. 240 – Formia, 303) was an Italian bishop and patron saint of the sailors. His attribute was the capstan, a winch on which the anchor chains were rolled up. He died as a martyr for his faith, and his bones were transferred to Gaeta in the 9th century, where they are kept in the cathedral to this day. The electric phenomenon of Saint Elmus fire is named after Saint Erasmus and the 16th C humanist Desiderius Erasmus. Little is known with certainty about Saint Erasmus' life. However, many legends may have been passed on orally until - no older writings are known with certainty. His birthplace was in present-day Syria. However, the persecution of Christians under Emperor Diocletian forced him to flee to Mount Lebanon...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Gustave Fontaine, Sculptured polychromed Female modelled Head.
Located in brussel, BE
Gustave Fontaine (Etterbeek 1877-1952 Brussels) was a sculptor–painter. He took courses in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and continued his training at the Academy of Brussels and with the sculptor Julien...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
19th C Pair of Breton polychromed fruitwood statues depicting Fishermans
Located in brussel, BE
19th C Pair of Breton polychromed fruitwood statues depicting Fisherman and his wife .Origin France.
Category
19th Century Folk Art More Art
Materials
Wood
Expressionism, Animal Painting, Auzoux's Troglodytes Gorilla's, Oil on Canvas.
Located in brussel, BE
Around the middle of the 19th century, the missionary Thomas Savage and the anatomist Jeffries Wyman described a new animal species – the Troglodytes Gorilla – in their Boston Societ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th C Counter top Cigarstore Northern American Indian statue, Unknown artist, Oak
Located in brussel, BE
The cigar store Indian originated as a tradition, not in the United States but in Europe, where carved “Virginie men,” as Europeans called native Americans, were used for advertising...
Category
19th Century Dutch School Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Landscape painting by Gustave Fontaine (1877-1952) , Belgium.
Located in brussel, BE
Gustave FONTAINE ( Etterbeek 1877-1952 Brussels). Sculptor–painter. Took courses in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, continued his training at the Academy of Brussels and with the sculptor Julien Dillens...
Category
19th Century More Art
Materials
Oil
Pallas Athéna with lance, shield, helmet and breastplate.Anonymus early 19th C.
Located in brussel, BE
After Athena was born fully armed from Zeus' forehead, Triton, acting as a foster parent to the goddess, raised her alongside his daughter, Pallas. The sea god taught both girls the ...
Category
Early 19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
18th C, Portrait of a Lady, Elisabeth Carter, Oil on Canvas, 92 x 71 cm, Framed.
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in brussel, BE
Sir Joshua Reynolds (16 July 1723 - 23 February 1792) was a leading 18th-century English portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1792. He was born on 16 July...
Category
18th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sculptured polychromed Female modelled Head from artist workshop.
Located in brussel, BE
Gustave Fontaine (Etterbeek 1877-1952 Brussels) was a sculptor–painter. He took courses in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and continued his training at the Aca...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Sculptured polychromed Male modelled Bust from artist workshop.
Located in brussel, BE
Gustave Fontaine (Etterbeek 1877-1952 Brussels) was a sculptor–painter. He took courses in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and continued his training at the Academy of Brussels and with the sculptor Julien...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Ancient Red Stone Village Millstone, Most probably from Ghana.
Located in brussel, BE
Millstones are used for grinding wheat and other grains. Initially, people used a rubbing stone to grind the wheat manually on a simple flat grinding stone. Later they grind the grai...
Category
20th Century Tribal More Art
Materials
Stone
Walasse Ting (Shanghai, 1929 - New York, 2010 ) Night, Lithography
By Walasse Ting
Located in brussel, BE
This beautiful lithograph is created by Walasse Ting (1929-2010), an American-Chinese artist known for his brightly coloured paintings of cats, erotic nudes, and flowers.
Measureme...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Selection of 7 Cache-Sexe made of Palm Leaf with natural fibres
Located in brussel, BE
Back aprons (negbe, pl. egbe) were trendy among upper-class Mangbetu women at the turn of the twentieth century. This distinctive kidney-shaped ornament pad was built up of intricate...
Category
1930s Tribal More Art
Materials
Organic Material
Unknown Miniature Terracotta Head
Located in brussel, BE
This small head of a ceramic figure with a bird headdress is probably Pre-Columbian. It seems to originate from the territory of present-day Mexico. Fur...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Other Art Style More Art
Materials
Stone
Execeptional Japanese Tobacco Pouch in Ray Skin with a Dragon-Shaped Closure
Located in brussel, BE
This Japanese tobacco pouch dates from the Meiji period (1868-1912). It is crafted in ray skin and is decorated wtih a large clasp (kanemono) de...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style More Art
Materials
Organic Material
A pair of Early Native Tribal South Oceanic Ceremonial decorated Adze
Located in brussel, BE
An adze is a cutting tool similar to an axe but with a cutting edge perpendicular to the handle rather than parallel. Prehistoric Māori adzes from New Zealand, used for wood carving,...
Category
20th Century Tribal More Art
Materials
Wood
Bariba People, Benin, Rare Terracotta Ceremonial Altar Vessel.
Located in brussel, BE
This pottery vessel, embellished with high relief figures, was made by women of the ethnic group of the Bariba (or Baatonu) in the northern provinces of Benin. The Bariba potters pas...
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Two Anthropomorpic Pipe Bowls of the Yaka, DCR
Located in brussel, BE
The Yaka people (also known as the Bayaka) live in the wooded plateau and savanna areas in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, along the Kwango and Wamba rivers. The o...
Category
20th Century Tribal More Art
Materials
Wood
Portrait of an Oriental Man with Turban, Etching
By François de Hérain
Located in brussel, BE
The French painter, sculptor and engraver, François de Hérain, stayed longtime in Morocco during the period of the French Protectorate (1912-1956). The portr...
Category
1920s Other Art Style More Art
Materials
Charcoal
Standing Human Skeleton in Wood, South East Asia
Located in brussel, BE
The highly expressive wooden skeleton was carved and polychromed in the early 20th century in Burma, today's Myanmar. Unlike many sculptures from that region, his one is not directly...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mbole People, RDC, Chief Scepters Collection made of Palmtree Leaf Midribs
Located in brussel, BE
The Sceptres are made of the Midrib of Palm tree leaves. They were used by the Lilwaa Secret Society of the Mbole Tribe members who live in the South-We...
Category
19th Century Tribal More Art
Materials
Organic Material
19th, Bronze Patinated statue of Fencer
Located in brussel, BE
Godefroid Devreese(19 August 1861 – 31 August 1941) was a Belgian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the Olympics. He first studied with his...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Antique Circus Clown with poseable arms and caracterful smile
Located in brussel, BE
An intriguing example of a fully articulated circus puppet marionette, in the form of a clown. This figure is fully articulated with iron strings support...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Butcher's Exterior Shop Sign of a Steer Head
Located in brussel, BE
Antique French wooden steer's head is used as the exterior sign of a butcher’s shop (in French, they call it a Boucherie). The sign must be over a hundred years old, still has its or...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th C, In the Style of the Classicizing Baroque, Biblical, Rebekka and Eliëzer
Located in brussel, BE
Willem Muys was a Dutch, 18th-century painter of history pieces, portraits and cabinet pieces. Above all, he appears to have been active as a painter of ‘wallpaper’. Until the mid-18th century, ‘wallpaper’ was not painted on paper but on coarsely woven linen. Wealthy citizens had their mansions or country estates adorned with ‘wallpaper’ with landscapes, exotic birds or chinoiseries.
Willem Muys mainly painted ‘wallpaper’, which means that few of his works have been preserved. They are hardly represented in public collections. The works of his sons, Nicolaas en Robbert, both painters, are a little less rare. The painting with Rebecca and Eliezer...
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
21st C., Expressionism, Animal Painting, Auzoux's Troglodyte Gorillas
Located in brussel, BE
Around the middle of the 19th century, the missionary Thomas Savage and the anatomist Jeffries Wyman, described a new animal species – the Troglodytes Gorilla – in their article for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 82 cm Pinkish Quartz Crystal covered rock
Located in brussel, BE
Quartz crystal is a power stone that's prized as a healing stone - one of the most powerful of the mineral kingdom. Stone of innocence and discovery, pink quartz nurtures self-love and respect of others. This beautiful pink quartz crystal...
Category
18th Century Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Precious Stone
21st C., Expressionism, Animal Painting, Auzoux's Troglodytes Gorillas
Located in brussel, BE
Around the middle of the 19th century, the missionary Thomas Savage and the anatomist Jeffries Wyman, described a new animal species – the Troglodytes Gorilla – in their article for ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th C, Baroque, Flemish School, Saint Francis in Ecstasy.Oil on oak panel.
Located in brussel, BE
During the Counter-Reformation, the traditional cult of saints was encouraged, and spiritual exercises were recommended to come closer to God. In the pai...
Category
17th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th C., Baroque, Genre Painting, Stop of the Travelers
Located in brussel, BE
As the Dutch painter Philips Wouwerman often did, this artist painted travellers stopping at an inn or a farm. One of the men got off his horse to urinate against the facade of the building. The motif of a peeing man was far from an exception in Dutch genre paintings...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
17th C, Baroque, Hunting Scene, Wild Boar Hunt in the style of Frans Snijders
Located in brussel, BE
Hunting played an essential role in the lives of princes and nobles for centuries. It was no different in the 17th century. Paintings depicting hunting scenes were hung, for example, in the hunting lodges of elites. It should be noted that the upper bourgeoisie also began to show interest in painted hunting scenes during the 17th century. In the Southern Netherlands there were a number of skilled animal painters who produced hunting scenes, including Frans Snijders, Paul De Vos, Jan Roos, Pieter Boel and Jan Fyt. Snijders knew how to render the anatomy of the animals masterfully. Also, he managed to make his animals look intelligent. He let them express a variety of feelings. His colleague, Paul De Vos, seems to have been less familiar with animal anatomy. His animals lack a kind of individuality and psychological expression. The panel shows a boar hunt with dogs. It was a prevalent theme, portrayed by Rubens, Snijders, De Vos and others.
Buyers were especially interested in the showdown between animal species. The mental and physical strength appealed to their imagination. The painter of this little work has no solid knowledge of dog breeds. Due to a lack of insight into dogs' bone and muscle structure, he makes them look rather stiff. Mainly the heads have something naïve about them. It cannot be ruled out that the artist of this painting is Jan van Kessel...
Category
17th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Oak
20th C, Louis François Decoeur (Namen 1884 – Namen 1960), Rue Animée
Located in brussel, BE
The Namur painter and engraver, Louis Decoeur (1884-1960) became a member of “L’Effort” around 1910. This artist's association provided a free studio for painters in Brussels, on the first floor of a building located at Quai au Bois à Brûler number 31. Here innovative artists who the official salons did not appreciate were given a forum. The members of "L'Effort" opposed academism. Some names of artists who have worked in the studio spaces of "L'Effort" are: Jean Brusselmans...
Category
20th Century Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late 17th C, Baroque, Saint, Italian School, Wooden Sculpture of Saint Anthony
Located in brussel, BE
The impressive life-size statue of St. Anthony (Lisbon, 1195 – Padua, 1231) used to be probably in a church or monastery of the mendicant order of the Franciscans. You can immediately recognize a Franciscan monk by his brown habit, brown hooded cloak...
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th C, Romanticism, Genre Painting, Sheepstable
Located in brussel, BE
Pieter Plas placed himself with this pastoral scene in the tradition of the 17th-century painters and draughtsmen such as Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Karel du Jardin, Marcus de Bye an...
Category
19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of 19th C Carousel Decorative Female Torsos attributed to Charles I.D. Luff
Located in brussel, BE
This pair of female torsos presumably decorated a fair stand or an organ in a theme park. They were most likely part of a significant organ intended to ente...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
21st C., Expressionism, Animal Painting, Auzoux's Troglodytes Gorilla's
Located in brussel, BE
Around the middle of the 19th century, the missionary Thomas Savage and the anatomist Jeffries Wyman described a new animal species – the Troglodytes Gorilla – in their article for t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
16th C, Biblical, Manner of Joos van Cleve, Madonna with Child, Oil on Panel
By Joos van Cleve
Located in brussel, BE
Attentive observer, may I challenge you to find some unusual elements in this panel painting? One detail has to do with the symbolic use of color, the other with a later adjustment of the image. Indeed! The Blessed Virgin is not dressed in her usual sky blue cloak, which refers to her purity, but in a red robe.
During the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, the Virgin often wore such a red garment to refer to the Passion of Christ. After all, the blessing Christ child with his orb would shed his blood for the redemption of mankind. The second strange element catches the eye when one looks closer at the little Jesus. It appears that he was originally depicted completely naked, but got on a transparent loincloth over time. In the past there were several times when nudity in art was subject to some form of censorship. For example, the supervision of Christian art was strongly encouraged by the Council of Trent (1545-1563). This assembly was dealing with the inner-ecclesiastical reform of the Roman Catholic Church. One of the important theologians who followed the council’s guidelines was Joannes Molanus (1533-1585). He did not consider the nakedness of the Christ Child to be edifying and pointed out that children could be endangered in this way. He may have been referring to the dangers of paedophilia.
During the 19th century, puritanism emerged. A famous example of a moral preacher was Pope Pius IX...
Category
16th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Madonna and Child, carved and polychrome wood, Early 18th C, South of France
Located in brussel, BE
Although the 18th century, the period of the Enlightenment in France, spawned thinkers who criticized the privileges of the clergy and the truthfulness of certain dogmas, the Roman Catholic faith was very much present in everyday life. Since king Louis XIV had issued the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685, Protestantism was banned from the country. This Madonna with child illustrates the daily practice of faith. Like many 18th-century Madonna statues...
Category
18th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
