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Art For Sale
Item Ships From: Europe
Color:  Silver
'Evening Dress' Limited Edition silver gelatin V&A Portfolio
Located in London, GB
'Evening Dress' Limited Edition V&A Portfolio silver gelatin fibre print. Jean Shrimpton modelling a dress, John French (1907-66), England, 1961 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Oil Painting of River Bank with Silver Birch Trees and Misty Hills & Mountains
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of River Bank with Silver Birch Trees and Misty Hills & Mountains by British Artist Charles Wyatt Warren (1908-1993) Art measures 35...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique Neapolitan silver pourer belonging to the early 20th century.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Antique Neapolitan silver pourer belonging to the early 20th century. The central sinusoidal-shaped body is embellished with a pod interspersed with a winged dolphin-shaped handle. ...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Silver

Man Ray, Échiquier Surréaliste: 1934/1991, Silver Gelatin Print, Dada
Located in Hamburg, DE
Man Ray (1890-1976) Échiquier Surréaliste (Surrealist Checkerboard), 1934/1991 Medium: Silver Gelatin Print (later print) Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.7 cm Stamped: "Copie d'une épreuve...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Silver jewelry box belonging to the early 20th century.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Neapolitan silver jewelry box belonging to the early 20th century. The lid features a central ruby-colored hard stone while the central body has multiple domes alternating with chis...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Silver

Silver Peace, Original painting, Birch Trees, Forest, Nature art, Framed acrylic
Located in Deddington, GB
An original acrylic painting of a silver birch trees. The canvas is splattered in whites, greys, yellows, greens and black, forming a beautiful detailed and vibrant forest. ADDITION...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Winter Fireworks-ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONISM Seascape oil painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
Experience the magic of the season with "Winter Fireworks," an evocative original seascape painting by the esteemed artist Lenny Cornforth. Crafted in oil on canvas with a contempora...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Silver

Petite Nishikigoi Elegance in Metal Silver : Mizu no Kasai Whispers
Located in PARIS, FR
2015, 8 Editions Stainless Stell Polished & Carved , Painted and Varnished 15 7/10 × 24 4/5 × 18 1/2 in - 40 × 63 × 47 cm The artwork is signed by the Artist , carved with edition nu...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Bert Hardy Gorbals Boys 1948 - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images Archive London) Possibly Bert Hardy's most famous image. Two boys in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s, providing housing for Glasgow's burgeoning population of industrial workers. Conditions were appalling; overcrowding was standard and sewage and water facilities inadequate. The tenements housed about 40,000 people with up to eight family members sharing a single room, 30 residents sharing a toilet and 40 sharing a tap. By the time this photograph was taken 850 tenements had been demolished since 1920. Redevelopment of the area began in the late 1950s and the tenements were replaced with a modern tower block complex in the sixties. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4499 - The Forgotten Gorbals - pub. 1948 Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 20 x 16'' inches / 51 x 41 cm Printed 2024 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print Limited edition issued and stamped on front by the Getty Archive London Edition size 300 only NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 10 x 8'' 10 x 12'' 12 x 16'' 16 x 20'' 20 x 24'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Bert Hardy Albert William Thomas Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995) was an English documentary and press photographer known for his work published in the Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957. Life and work Born in Blackfriars, Bert Hardy rose from humble working class origins in Southwark, London. The eldest of seven children, he left school at age 14 to work for a chemist who also processed photos. His first big sale came in 1936 when he photographed King George V and Queen Mary in a passing carriage during the Silver Jubilee celebrations, and sold 200 small prints of his best view of the King. His first assignment, at age 23, was to photograph Hungarian actor Sakall at the Mayfair Hotel. Hardy freelanced for The Bicycle magazine, and bought his first small-format 35 mm Leica. He signed on with the General Photographic Agency as a Leica photographer, later founding his own freelance firm, Criterion. General Photographic Agency General Photographic Agency a Fleet Street, London agency, sold photos at least between 1880-1950. Picture Post and World War II In 1941, Hardy was recruited by the then editor Tom Hopkinson of the leading picture publication of the 1930s to the 1950s, Picture Post. Founded in 1938 and funded by publisher Edward Hulton, the magazine's first editor was Hungarian émigré Stefan Lorant (1901–97) assisted by Hopkinson, who took over as editor from 1940. The picture-centric, left-leaning and reasonably-priced publication was highly successful and circulation soon rose to over a million. Hardy's photographer colleagues included Felix H. Man (aka Hans Baumann...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Pair of antique solid silver sculptures signed Gemito.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Pair of finely worked solid silver scutures signed Gemito with Chiurazzi's gallery stamp. The woman is depicted half-length dressed in period clothing and rests on a circular base. ...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Silver

Ali In Training (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Ali In Training (1966) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by R. McPhedran/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) American heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali throws bare-handed punches in the ri...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Autumn vine shoot on a silver background botanical painting
Located in Milan, IT
A vine shoot in warm autumn colours shows a ripe, purplish bunch against a silvery background. With elegance and great balance Margherita Leoni (b. 1974 Bergamo) weighs solids and ...
Category

2010s Naturalistic Art

Materials

Silver

Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used t...
Category

1970s American Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Blondie Silver - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Silver Blondie by BATIK Archival pigment pop art print of pop culture icon Debbie Harry of punk rock glam band Blondie – signed and numbered on front by the artist limited edition...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Silver Man
Located in BARCELONA, ES
MARC GONZ   THE HIDDEN GAZE     When confronted with the universe of Marc Gonz, we discover creations that seem to be the result of a working session of a hy...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Silver Circle by Kuno Vollet - Contemporary indoor or outdoor sculpture
Located in DE
This stunning large aluminum sculpture is a statement piece for any contemporary collection. Beautiful for indoor or outdoor installation. The r...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Metal

Platinum Palladium print over silver, Limited Edition, Still-life - Brighton 27
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Brighton 27 - Platinum Palladium print over silver on vellum paper - Edition 1 of 8 , plus 2 AP ( size 1 ) An old Harley Davidson motorcycle in front of a gas station garage in Br...
Category

1980s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver, Platinum

Silver Lining
Located in MADRID, ES
Silver Lining
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Silver Lining by Ruth Saidely
Located in MADRID, ES
Silver Lining
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Mixed Media

ATO>MIC #10, Unique Silver Luminogram Print, Abstract geometry in warm tones
Located in London, GB
ATO>MIC #10, 2020 Unique Gelatin Silver Print/ Luminogram and Photogram technique, Printed on tea infused fibre based paper, Framed: custom made frame with anti-reflective art glass Print size: 23 x 18 cm Framed: 38 x 35.5 cm Unique Series: ATO>MIC Signed and dated in pencil on print's verso Certificate of Authenticity provided "At first glance the viewer may only see geometric spherical shapes with added lines and rectangles on tea toned Silver Gelatin paper. "The supremacy of pure artistic feeling" rather than the visual depiction of objects assign to the art movement of Suprematism comes to one's mind. Similarly, like a giant of abstract art Kasimir Malevich, Jackson wants the viewer to look further, deeper than one might usually. The feeling of 'sensation' of the ATO>MIC prints, the sharpness of the forms, the intensity defying its size to condensed 9 x 7 inches' paper, make it all the more dramatic to look at. It takes the viewer to another level of fantastical world of creation." Beyond these flat forms of two dimensional ‘lumino-graphic’ works on paper, the purest form of photography (‘light drawing’) lays a visible path to three-dimensional imaginary world, realised in precise composition, rhythm and warm earthy tones of these works. It’s up to the viewer to decide what they prefer to see and take with them. As Wassily Kandinsky once said; “Imagination is what allows your mind to discover.” About the Artist: Michael G...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin, Photogram

Silver By Justin Pumfrey
Located in London, GB
Silver By Justin Pumfrey Archival pigment print Paper size: 40x30" 101 x 76 cm edition of 10 unframed note other print sizes and framing options are available, please enquire for...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Red Skull Metallic
Located in Belfast, GB
The artwork is oil paint on a silver leaf background. Gordon has created a modern exciting twist on a skull. Biography Irish contemporary painter...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

Sapphire Metallic Skull
Located in Belfast, GB
This is artwork is oil paint on a silver leaf background. It is entitled Sapphire Metallic Skull. Biography Irish contemporary painter, Gordon Ha...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
Category

1970s American Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Samuraicat's Inkan Resonance , Silver
Located in PARIS, FR
2022 - Unique Edition Acrylic plexiglass 19 7/10 in diameter - 50 cm diameter Artist name , edition number 1 / 1 and date carved on a metal label on the top of the artwork The artwor...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Plexiglass

Prague : Royal Garden - Original Gelatin Silver Photograph, 1969
Located in Paris, FR
Josef Sudek Prague : Royal Garden, 1969 Original gelatin silver print Dated 1969 on the back (see picture) 12.5 x 16.5 cm (c. 4.7 x 6.3 in) Authenticated by the collection stamp on...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cape Cross - Hoof, Horseshoe, Stallion - Equine detail, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Cape Cross, ‘Hoof’, 2001 by John Reardon Edition of 2/7 Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass This pie...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Black and White, Wood Panel, Wood, Glass, Photographic Paper, Archival P...

Xaar - Tail, Stallion Detail horse abstract, Silver Gelatin Print on Aluminium
Located in London, GB
Xaar, ‘Tail', 2001 by John Reardon Edition of 7 (2/7) Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass This piece...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Art

Materials

Black and White, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Photographic Film, ...

RON GALELLA - Michael Jackson &Muhammad Ali and wife, Veronica Parker Ali 1977
Located in PARIS, FR
NUMEBERED 4/15 , CAPTIONNED , SIGNED ON THE BACK BY RON GALELLA DURING HIS LIFETIME Ronald Edward Galella, known as Ron Galella, born January 10, 1931 in New York and died April 30,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver

L'ATLAS - Silver Snow
Located in PARIS, FR
About L' Atlas - Street Art and Optical Art Movement: One of the most promising artists of his generation, L' ATLAS overturns codes, bringing the street into galleries and museums. A...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Christ, the Great High Priest. Greek-Italian style Icon with silver oklad
Located in Segovia, ES
Christ, the Great High Priest. Greek-Italian style Icon with silver filigreed oklad. Egg tempera, over gesso on wood with a silver cover, "oklad", with pol...
Category

1990s Byzantine Art

Materials

Silver

Portrait miniature after Boucher's portrait of Madame de Pompadour
Located in London, GB
This fine, antique portrait miniature was made after Boucher's famous painting of Madame de Pompadour, the highly celebrated official mistress of King Lo...
Category

Late 18th Century Rococo Art

Materials

Silver

Woman at the Window - Screen Print by D. Purificato - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Woman at the Window is a screen print on silver realized by Domenico Purificato. Numbered 8/99. Very good conditions. Framed. The dimensions with ...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Silver

British Contemporary Art by Chuck Elliott - Halcyon / silver solar
Located in Paris, IDF
10 colours pigment print on Fotospeed 275gsm metallic paper, Ed. of 4 Artwork only, ready to frame - $4,000 Mounted behind Plexiglass and fitted with a hidden subframe - $4,700 Chuc...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Pigment, Paper

Kali Diamond Dust - Nude Model painted in silver posing with diamonds
Located in Vienna, AT
Diamond Dust - Worldwide Exclusive Special. Unique pieces available at PREISS FINE ARTS. High-end framing and artsafe shipping worldwide included. Manufactured and signed by Guido ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

Two ladies with flutes by Rosine Wachtmeister - Mixed media 39x49 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
mixed media on paper with silver frame and glass Total size with frame: 51x41 cm
Category

1990s Art Deco Art

Materials

Silver

Silver Ocean, Arial Seascape Seaside Painting, Contemporary Beach House Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Silver Ocean [2021] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Inspired by the northern coast of Cornwall, Silver Ocean reflects the beautiful colours of a winter cornish seascape. The use of oil paint allows the layers to convey a sense of movement and depth whilst the aerial perspective creates an usual abstract composition. Lenny Cornforth original art paintings for sale with Wychwood Art online and through their gallery in Oxfordshire. Endlessly enthralled by the Atlantic ocean, Lenny Cornforth takes inspiration from the northern coast of Cornwall, using layers of translucent colour and texture to construct vibrant and emotional paintings...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blondie Silver - Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Silver Blondie by BATIK Archival pigment pop art print of pop culture icon Debbie Harry of punk rock glam band Blondie – signed and numbered on front by the artist limited edition...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Miao Ethnic Headdress
Located in ROUEN, FR
Miao Ethnic Headdress" The Miao are fans of ethnic headdresses. These headdresses are usually worn by young Miao girls.
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Silver

Eerie Dream Of Silver Fox - Figurative Animal Oil Painting, Magical Realism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Aleksandra Bujnowska shows landscape sections of medium format. Dark forests or a surface of water are here a picturesque event, suggesting a variety of sensory impressions to the ey...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nicolas Jacob: Stipple Engravings of Monkeys, C1810, Set of 12
Located in Richmond, GB
"Storia Naturelle delle Scimie", Milan 1810. Stipple engravings by Luigi Rados (1773-1840), after drawings by Nicolas Henri Jacob (1782-1871). Pres...
Category

19th Century Art

Materials

Silver

La Dama Del Callejón by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print, 2001
Located in Coltishall, GB
Every Sunday afro-Cubans gather in the Callejon de Hammel to play the drums and sing the harsh vocals of rumba. The Spirit of the Revolution series documents the generation of Cuban...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Shaken Not Stirred' 1968 Silver Gelatin Print
By Peter Ruck
Located in London, GB
'Shaken Not Stirred' by Peter Ruck 1968 Silver Gelatin Print English actor Roger Moore, downs a Martini, 17th July 1968. Moore has recently been awarded his second Bravo Otto award for most popular television actor, by German magazine Bravo, for his mystery spy thriller television series, 'The Saint'. (Photo by Peter Ruck/BIPs/Getty Images Archive) Beautiful silver gelatin print made from the original negative - printed on 40x60" paper (image approx 40x40" inches as square format) Edge Prints...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

El Descanso by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print, 2000
Located in Coltishall, GB
Each day the students at the School of Spanish Dance in Havana strut and twirl and leap across boards tin dance studios hat have seen better days. The da...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

El Ensayo by James Sparshatt. Baryta Silver Gelatin Print, 2002
Located in Coltishall, GB
El Ensayo (the rehearsal) was taken during the Romerias de Mayo festival in Holguin Cuba. The troupe were preparing for a performance of Afro-Cuban dance...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lancaster Bomber Lily Mars 1943 original silver gelatin photograph
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". Lancaster LL678 ‘Lily Mars’ – 2 Original Silver Gelatin photograph, December 1943 12 x 16 cm Stamped to reverse ‘The Photograph has been passed by Censor’ ‘Copyright This TP copyright illustration from “The Aeroplane” must not be reproduced without the written permission of Temple Press Ltd’. ‘Lancaster II heavy bombers are now flying with RAF BOMBER COMMAND.’ 300 Lancaster II aeroplanes were made, fitted with Bristol Hercules radial engines...
Category

1940s Realist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Los Angulos by James Sparshatt Photography, Silver Gelatin Print, 2002
Located in Coltishall, GB
A dance troupe in harmony rehearsing in an old theatre in Santa Clara, Cuba James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Avro Lancaster Bomber at dispersal point 1943 original silver gelatin photograph
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". An Avro Lancaster...
Category

1940s Realist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lancaster Bomber Lily Mars 1943 original silver gelatin photograph I
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". Lancaster LL678 ‘Lily Mars’ – I Original Silver Gelatin photograph, December 1943 12 x 16 cm Stamped to reverse ‘The Photograph has been passed by Censor’ ‘Copyright This TP copyright illustration from “The Aeroplane” must not be reproduced without the written permission of Temple Press Ltd’. ‘A general view of an Avro Lancaster II with Hercules radial motors.’ 300 Lancaster II aeroplanes were made, fitted with Bristol Hercules radial engines, as there was a worry that there would be a shortage of Merlin engines, reserved for the Spitfire and Hurricane. Lily Mars was named after the 1943 American musical starring Judy Garland and was based at RAF Waterbeach, in Cambridgeshire. A podcast gives details of the final flight on 13 June 1944 which was to be the final raid of the crew’s tour. The bombing raid was of 303 Lancasters against the Nordstern synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkichen in the Ruhr, deep inside Germany and the aircraft took off at 23.12 hrs. On the home run LL678 was intercepted and shot down by a night fighter capitained by Oberleutnant Schmidt in a Bf 110 at 01.24 hrs at Zuidloo, a small hamlet, where five of the eight crew are buried; the other three crew members baled out and escaped. A memorial plaque...
Category

1940s Realist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Early Morning, Serengeti Search, Africa, Animal, Cheetah, Mixed Media, triptych
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Early Morning, Serengeti Search is inspired by Jan Coutts's travels to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation areas of Tanzania. Mixed media triptych on...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Art

Materials

Silver

1970s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Black woman striptease dancer
Located in London, GB
"I walked into a timeless place … full of supporting actors and actresses of every conceivable role," Abramson wrote in Light: On the South Side, published by Chicago's Numero Group ...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood, Glass, Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Photogr...

Hyde Park Corner by Lélia Pissarro - Abstract silver painting, contemporary art
Located in London, GB
Hyde Park Corner by LÉLIA PISSARRO (b. 1963) Acrylic and silver powder on canvas 100 x 70 cm (39 ⅜ x 27 ½ inches) Signed lower right Lélia Pissarro Titled Hyde Park Corner, signed ...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Silver

Bajo del Mar by James Sparshatt. Silver gelatin photograph with wooden frame
Located in Coltishall, GB
Double bass player wandering along Santa Elena beach in Cuba James Sparshatt’s photographs of music and dance capture the emotion and intensity of people lost in the rhythm of the m...
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Silver State - Vintage Las Vegas, American Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
The Silver State, a classic yellow Cadillac, captured by Richard Heeps while at Viva Las Vegas 2001, where he was photographing for Classic American maga...
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Lunch Time (1955) - Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Lunch Time (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped (Photo by Michael Webb/Getty Images) Five British models eating lunch in their swi...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Notre Dame Night, Paris, France, b&w gelatin silver photography, framed
Located in Vienna, Vienna
© Gerald Berghammer - Limited Edition 1/9. Silver Gelatin Prints, Selenium Toned, Printed 2017 Signed, numbered, dated by Artis. Handmade wood frame, dark-brown, natural white archiv...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film, Black and White

Dog scratching its ear
Located in PARIS, FR
This amusing naturalistic sculpture in silver-plated pewter was probably made in the 17th century by Georg Schweigger. Inspired by a model created by another Nuremberg sculptor, Peter Flötner, it bears witness to the persistence during the baroque era of the naturalistic taste that emerged in the Renaissance. Intended as an ornament for some Kunstkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, this sculpture was a great success, as can be seen from the presence of similar works in many European museums. 1. Georg Schweigger Georg Schweigger was a baroque sculptor and medal founder from Nuremberg, known mainly for his small-scale works in stone, carved wood and cast metal. His only large-scale work, the Neptune Fountain, has been in the Petershof Palace, the summer residence of the Tsars near St. Petersburg, since 1797. This monumental sculpture demonstrates his taste for the representation of movement, which we find in this small piece, inspired, as we shall see, by earlier models. 2. The success of a naturalistic theme As is often the case in the history of art, the source of the Dog scratching his ear theme probably comes from an engraving, and more precisely from one made in Strasbourg in 1480 or in Aschaffenburg in 1481 by the Master of the Housebook, an anonymous engraver working in southern Germany at the end of the 15th century. This engraving seems to have been Peter Flötner’s (1490 - 1546) source of inspiration. Peter Flötner was a sculptor and engraver who settled in Nuremberg in 1522. The Louvre Museum also has a gilded lead statuette dated between 1500 and 1515 (on deposit at the Musée de L'Œuvre in Strasbourg), which in turn is thought to have served as a model for other known statuettes. This model was later taken up by the Frenchman Barthélemy Prieur...
Category

17th Century Naturalistic Art

Materials

Marble, Silver

Sentries by Monica Denevan. Silver gelatin photograph. Dark wood frame
Located in Coltishall, GB
Sentries by Monica Denevan - Photography, Silver Gelatin Print with Wooden Frame Monica Denevan studied photography at San Francisco State University. She has travelled extensivel...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin, Paper

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