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ONYX - Amber (XL)

ONYX - Amber (XL)

By Nick Thomm

Located in FITZROY, VIC

Nick Thomm - ONYX - Amber (XL SIZE 36" x 48"). Limited Edition #15 of 25. Hand Signed & Numbered. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Paper. Condition: NEW - Unopen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Grappling, Oil Painting
Grappling, Oil Painting

Grappling, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In 2023, artist Onelio Marrero began a series of oil sketches featuring men painting buildings high above city sidewalks. Inspired by one, this piece captures...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Passing Through (Mono) Vinyl Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century
Passing Through (Mono) Vinyl Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century

Passing Through (Mono) Vinyl Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century

By KAWS

Located in Bristol, GB

Painted cast vinyl Edition of 500 (unnumbered, reported) Stamped on the underside of foot Excellent, discolouration marks in various spots, green dirt marks on the left arm, yellowin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art

Materials

Vinyl, Plastic

Christo - "The Gates New York Central Park" - color offset on heavy paper

Christo - "The Gates New York Central Park" - color offset on heavy paper

By Christo

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Color offset on heavy paper. Based on a photo by Wolfgang Volz 2005. A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and especially in the living room or bedroom. Can be framed accordingly. Contact us for possibilities. Christo (Christo Wladimirow Jawaschew, born 1935 in Bulgaria, died 2020 in New York) and Jeanne-Claude (Jeanne-Claude Marie Denat, born 1935 in Casablanca, died 2009...

Category

20th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Salla Alla Muhammad An-Nabi: 18th Century Arabic Calligraphy
Salla Alla Muhammad An-Nabi: 18th Century Arabic Calligraphy

Salla Alla Muhammad An-Nabi: 18th Century Arabic Calligraphy

Located in Roma, IT

Salla Alla Muhammad An-Nabi - Arabic Calligraphy is a beautiful and precious manuscript with Islamic Sacred Verses in an ancient calligraphy style. One page, one-sided, in Arabic, ...

Category

18th Century More Art

Materials

Ink

Collectibles, Oil Painting
Collectibles, Oil Painting

Collectibles, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In this warm impressionist painting, artist Onelio Marrero captures his love of antiques and collectibles. He depicts the eclectic clutter of an antiques store ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nature's Bounty, Oil Painting
Nature's Bounty, Oil Painting

Nature's Bounty, Oil Painting

By Jo Galang

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The vibrant colors in this piece highlight a dynamic interplay of orange and green hues, evoking freshness and vitality. It captures the essence of abundance ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Art book: 30 Americans artists (hand signed and dated by Glenn Ligon)
Art book: 30 Americans artists (hand signed and dated by Glenn Ligon)

Art book: 30 Americans artists (hand signed and dated by Glenn Ligon)

By Glenn Ligon

Located in New York, NY

Glenn Ligon 30 Americans Rubell Family Collection (hand signed and dated by Glenn Ligon), 2012 Hardback monograph with no dust jacket as issued (hand signed and dated by Glenn Ligon) Hand signed and dated 2012 by Glenn Ligon 11 1/2 × 9 × 1 1/4 inches Provenance Hand signed by Glenn Ligon at the opening reception for the present owner (see included documentation) Makes a fantastic gift! This hardback monograph with illustrated boards was published on the occasion of the exhibition at Luhring Augustine Gallery in NY from October 26 to December 8, 2012. Hand signed and dated 2012 by Glenn Ligon for the present owner From its inception in the 1960s, the Rubell Collection has been able to boast a particularly fine range of African-American art. Recent New York exhibitions inspired the Rubell family to mount an exhibition of their holdings in this area, reproduced here in 30 Americans. With a late addition to this exhibition, there are in fact 31 artists: Nina Chanel Abney, John Bankston, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Iona Rozeal Brown, Nick Cave, Robert Colescott, Noah Davis, Leonard Drew, Renée Green, David Hammons, Barkley L. Hendricks, Rashid Johnson, Glenn Ligon, Kalup Linzy, Kerry James Marshall, Rodney McMillian, Wangechi Mutu, William Pope L., Gary Simmons, Xaviera Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Shinique Smith...

Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

The Path at Glendalough Monastery, Oil Painting
The Path at Glendalough Monastery, Oil Painting

The Path at Glendalough Monastery, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting portrays one of the paths at the Glendalough Monastery in Ireland. The concealed monastery hosts numerous ruins of chapels and burial sites, wit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Banksy Captured (Black First Edition Hardcover Volume 1)
Banksy Captured (Black First Edition Hardcover Volume 1)

Banksy Captured (Black First Edition Hardcover Volume 1)

By Steve Lazarides

Located in Englishtown, NJ

Amazing collection of Banksy art photos. Volume 1 Hardcover by Banksy’s ex-manager Steve Lazarides. Limited edition of only 1000. Numbered inside book. Has many never before seen ima...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art

Materials

Paper

Once Upon a Time, Original Painting
Once Upon a Time, Original Painting

Once Upon a Time, Original Painting

By Nava Lundy

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting captures one of those fleeting moments that somehow stay with us long after it has passed. A child is fully absorbed in imagination, creating an e...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Hidden Treasure, Oil Painting
Hidden Treasure, Oil Painting

Hidden Treasure, Oil Painting

By Jo Galang

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jo Galang paints a tranquil river tucked in the middle of the woods. "One of the joys of life is finding unexpected treasure in the midst of nowhere," ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rare Antique Enamel Singer Sewing Machine Sign - Hebrew
Rare Antique Enamel Singer Sewing Machine Sign - Hebrew

Rare Antique Enamel Singer Sewing Machine Sign - Hebrew

Located in Surfside, FL

Rare antique enamel Vintage Singer Sewing Machine advertisement Sign in Hebrew or Yiddish. Please see photos for condition. Rare early Jewish advertising memorbilia This early twent...

Category

20th Century More Art

Materials

Enamel

In The Drift & Upward Turn (Skateboard Set)
In The Drift & Upward Turn (Skateboard Set)

In The Drift & Upward Turn (Skateboard Set)

By Kai and Sunny

Located in Draper, UT

Beautiful skateboard set. 10 color silkscreen on feather light white dipped veneer. Dimensions of 8.25 inch wide and 32 inches long. Signed Edition of 40 (set). Unnumbered but signed...

Category

2010s Street Art More Art

Materials

Wood, Screen

Joan Miró Aidez L'Espagne reference Book , Modern, 1980

Joan Miró Aidez L'Espagne reference Book , Modern, 1980

By Joan Miró

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This is a hardcover cloth-bound book with a dust jacket titled "Aidez L'Espagne", authored by J. Corredor-Matheos and published by Chartwell Books, Inc. in 1980. The text is presente...

Category

1980s Modern More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Hermes 1963 Piano  Black Leather
Vintage Hermes 1963 Piano  Black Leather

Vintage Hermes 1963 Piano Black Leather

By Hermès

Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL

Vintage Hermes Flap Bag Shiny black Porosus Piano Black Leather 1963 Claf leather lining

Category

Late 20th Century More Art

Materials

Leather

Aperture, Oil Painting
Aperture, Oil Painting

Aperture, Oil Painting

By David Thelen

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This artwork is inspired by a vista I saw while on a camping trip to the Allegany Mountains," says artist David Thelen. The verdant trees bask in the sun's w...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

avp_1618 - Original Abstract Deep Magenta Tone Contemporary Painting on Paper
avp_1618 - Original Abstract Deep Magenta Tone Contemporary Painting on Paper

avp_1618 - Original Abstract Deep Magenta Tone Contemporary Painting on Paper

By Alex Voinea

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The colorful abstract artworks of Romanian artist Alex Voinea are inspired by experiments with paint poured over vibrating surfaces, such as speakers at full volume. Alex Voinea coll...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Low Tide on the Bar, Original Painting
Low Tide on the Bar, Original Painting

Low Tide on the Bar, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The pastel artwork captures a tidal river at low tide on a quiet summer morning. A solitary sailboat rests on the sandbar. Low-hanging clouds glow with rosy hue...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Pastel

avp_1519 - Original Abstract Deep Magenta Tone Contemporary Painting on Paper
avp_1519 - Original Abstract Deep Magenta Tone Contemporary Painting on Paper

avp_1519 - Original Abstract Deep Magenta Tone Contemporary Painting on Paper

By Alex Voinea

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The colorful abstract artworks of Romanian artist Alex Voinea are inspired by experiments with paint poured over vibrating surfaces, such as speakers at full volume. Alex Voinea coll...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Invasion Map #23: Offset Lithograph Street Art from Art Basel 2012
Invasion Map #23: Offset Lithograph Street Art from Art Basel 2012

Invasion Map #23: Offset Lithograph Street Art from Art Basel 2012

By Invader

Located in Draper, UT

Invasion Map #23 Invader, "Invasion of Miami" Map "Invasion of Miami", 2012 Offset Lithograph 23.4 x 16.5 inches unfolded Printed on both sides Folded dimensions 8.25 x 4.75 inches C...

Category

2010s Street Art More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Monet's Garden II
Monet's Garden II

Monet's Garden II

Located in Atlanta, GA

Claude Monet's painting of his lily pond at Giverny is transformed into this beautiful dramatic jacquard tapestry woven in Belgium. Monet painted many scenes from his home at Givern...

Category

Early 2000s Impressionist More Art

Materials

Tapestry

La Maestra Interior, Painting, Oil on Canvas
La Maestra Interior, Painting, Oil on Canvas

La Maestra Interior, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Elena Done

Located in Yardley, PA

She raises her hands not to command, but to listen. The space around her is surreal, broken, shifting - a theatre of past selves, masks, fragments. :: Painting :: Surrealism :: T...

Category

2010s Surrealist More Art

Materials

Oil

Autograph Letter by Carlo Levi, Modern, Signed, 1950, Paper and Ink

Autograph Letter by Carlo Levi, Modern, Signed, 1950, Paper and Ink

By Carlo Levi

Located in Roma, IT

This is an Autograph Letter Signed by Carlo Levi to the Countess A.L. Pecci Blunt. Rome, December 9th 1950. In Italian. One page, single-sided. Excellent condition, perfecly readable. Including original envelope. Carlo Levi (Tourin,1902 – Rome, 1975), the Italian painter, writer, activist, anti-fascist, best-known for his "Cristo si è fermato a Eboli" (Christ Stopped at Eboli),writes this letter to the Countess and patron of arts, A.L. Pecci Blunt to introduce the Italian playwright and director Alessandro Fersen (Łódź, 1911 - Rome, 2001). Artistic Intentions and common initiatives could arise. The background: In the same year of this letter, in 1950, Alessandro Fersen together with Walter Cantatore and Emanuele Luzzati...

Category

1950s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Lullwater Bridge – Prospect Park
Lullwater Bridge – Prospect Park

Lullwater Bridge – Prospect Park

By Nick Savides

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The setting is an arm of the Prospect Park Lake, known as the Lullwater for its stillness. In the foreground is the Prospect Park Audubon Center in the Boatho...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cat with House Plants, Original Painting
Cat with House Plants, Original Painting

Cat with House Plants, Original Painting

By Jessica JH Roller

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A poised cat with striking blue eyes sits amid an array of houseplants and dining wares. Pops of yellow contrast vibrantly against the background. The bold li...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Les Chants de Maldoror
Les Chants de Maldoror

Les Chants de Maldoror

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in New York, NY

Heliogravure, etching, and drypoint, 1934. From the deluxe edition of 40 with the drypoint remarqué, before the published edition of 100 printed from the reduced plate. From the po...

Category

20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Drypoint

Faded Rose - Muted Color Atmospheric Abstract Alluring Oil Painting on Canvas
Faded Rose - Muted Color Atmospheric Abstract Alluring Oil Painting on Canvas

Faded Rose - Muted Color Atmospheric Abstract Alluring Oil Painting on Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Les Contes de Perrault - Vintage Illustrated Book - 1928
Les Contes de Perrault - Vintage Illustrated Book - 1928

Les Contes de Perrault - Vintage Illustrated Book - 1928

Located in Roma, IT

Edition of 340 copies including 33 original engravings. Copy on vélin Montgolfier d'Annonay, including: - 11 etchings by J. Daragnes, H. David, P. Ganon, P. Guastalla, J. Hechr, Cha...

Category

1920s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper

A Visual Biography (Hand signed by BOTH Marina Abramovic and Katya Tylevich)
A Visual Biography (Hand signed by BOTH Marina Abramovic and Katya Tylevich)

A Visual Biography (Hand signed by BOTH Marina Abramovic and Katya Tylevich)

By Marina Abramovic

Located in New York, NY

Marina Abramović A Visual Biography (Hand signed by BOTH Marina Abramovic and Katya Tylevich), 2023 Large (huge!) hardback monograph with no dust jacket as issued Hand signed by BOT...

Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Le Diable Boiteux - Rare Book Illustrated by Tony Johannot - 1840
Le Diable Boiteux - Rare Book Illustrated by Tony Johannot - 1840

Le Diable Boiteux - Rare Book Illustrated by Tony Johannot - 1840

By Tony Johannot

Located in Roma, IT

Le Diable Boiteux is an original modern rare book written by René Le Sage (Sarzeau, 1668 – Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1747) and illustrated by Tony Johannot (9 November 1803 – 4 August 1852) in 1840. Original First Edition. Published by Bourdin éditeur, Paris. Format: large 8°. The book includes 380 pages with several in text and full page illustrations. Mint conditions. Tony Johannot (9 November 1803 – 4 August 1852). Johannot was a French engraver, illustrator and painter. His historical paintings were exhibited at the Paris Salon for the first time in 1831. He became an illustrator much prized for his elegance, his diversity, and the lively character of his drawings, which were converted to engravings either by himself or by such artists as Jacques Adrien Lavieille, Émile Montigneul, and Alfred Revel. He was praised by Théophile Gautier.

Category

1840s Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Flirt (Biscuits Lefevre-Utile) Lithograph Poster
Flirt (Biscuits Lefevre-Utile) Lithograph Poster

Flirt (Biscuits Lefevre-Utile) Lithograph Poster

By Alphonse Mucha

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Alphonse Mucha was a painter and decorative artist best known for the sensual Art Nouveau paintings, posters, and advertisements that came to define Art Nouveau in fin de siècle Pari...

Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled Figurative by Miguel Conde, No. 102/150
Untitled Figurative by Miguel Conde, No. 102/150

Untitled Figurative by Miguel Conde, No. 102/150

By Miguel Conde

Located in San Diego, CA

Signed lithograph by awarded artist Miguel Conde. The artist is known for his mastery of engraving. His drawings and other art forms are sought after and his artwork is part of vario...

Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper

Tonal Floral, Oil Painting
Tonal Floral, Oil Painting

Tonal Floral, Oil Painting

By Mary Pratt

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The floral still life painting features a bouquet of magnolias arranged in a tall glass vase. Artist Mary Pratt uses layers of soft green and silvery grey impas...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Portrait Painting Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich, Later Emperor Paul I, 18th century
Portrait Painting Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich, Later Emperor Paul I, 18th century

Portrait Painting Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich, Later Emperor Paul I, 18th century

Located in London, GB

Portrait of Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich (1754–1801), later Emperor Paul I of Russia After Alexander Roslin (1718–1793) Oil on canvas, oval, late 18th century This is an exceptionally handsome and historically resonant eighteenth-century portrait, uniting the immediacy of an intimate likeness with the authority of one of the defining dynastic images of Imperial Russia. Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich, the future Emperor Paul I, turns towards the spectator with a composed, almost conversational expression, his youthful face emerging softly from the restrained brown background. The rich scarlet of his coat, the deep blue of the sash and the flashes of gold, lace and jewelled decoration give the picture remarkable visual distinction, while the oval format concentrates attention upon the sitter’s face and magnificent ceremonial attire. Painted during the eighteenth century, the present work is a contemporary reduced version of Alexander Roslin’s monumental state portrait of 1777, now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Roslin’s full-length original measures approximately 265 by 168 centimetres; here, its essential elements have been reformulated as a more intimate portrait suitable for display within an aristocratic residence, diplomatic household or private cabinet. Pavel is dressed in the height of European court fashion of the later 1770s. His scarlet habit à la française comprises a close-fitting coat and elaborately embroidered waistcoat, enriched with scrolling metallic ornament, floral motifs and a sequence of large decorative buttons. The shoulder is finished with a densely worked epaulette-like band, while a white linen stock and delicate lace jabot frame the face. His powdered hair is dressed in the fashionable bag-wig, drawn back and tied with a broad black silk ribbon. Although the costume is unmistakably Russian in its dynastic significance, its cut and ornament belong to the international language of court dress then prevailing from Versailles and Vienna to Stockholm and St Petersburg. In Roslin’s original full-length composition, the costume was completed by matching scarlet breeches, silk stockings, buckled shoes, a sword and a plumed tricorne, all identifying Pavel as both a prince of the blood and a cultivated participant in the ceremonial life of Europe’s great courts. Across his breast passes the broad blue watered-silk sash of the Imperial Order of St Andrew the First-Called, the senior Russian order of chivalry established by Peter the Great. The sash, conventionally worn from the right shoulder towards the left hip, proclaimed the sitter’s position at the summit of the imperial hierarchy. Superimposed upon it is the red-enamelled cross of the Order of St Anna, surrounded in the portrait by scintillating, jewel-like highlights. The cross had a particular dynastic resonance: the order had been founded by Pavel’s paternal grandfather, Duke Karl Friedrich of Holstein-Gottorp, in memory of his wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great. Pavel’s display of the two orders therefore asserted not only rank and honour, but his descent from the founder of Imperial Russia and his inheritance through the Romanov and Holstein-Gottorp lines. Contemporary portraits similarly identify Pavel through the blue sash and star of St Andrew and the red cross of St Anna. Born in St Petersburg in 1754, Pavel Petrovich was the only son of Grand Duke Peter Fyodorovich, later Emperor Peter III, and Grand Duchess Catherine Alexeyevna, the future Catherine the Great. Through his father he was a great-grandson of Peter the Great and inherited the Romanov and Holstein-Gottorp bloodlines; through his mother, born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, he was connected to the extensive network of German princely houses that shaped eighteenth-century European dynastic politics. His childhood was dominated by the uncertainties of imperial succession. Soon after his birth, the Empress Elizabeth removed him to her own household and assumed control of his upbringing. Educated under the statesman Nikita Panin, Pavel studied history, geography and mathematics and became fluent in Russian, French and German. He was eight when his father ascended the throne in 1762, only to be deposed by Catherine within months and to die shortly afterwards in confinement. Although Pavel remained the acknowledged heir, Catherine ruled for another thirty-four years and excluded him from meaningful political authority. He was therefore publicly honoured as the future sovereign while being denied the practical experience of government. In 1773 he married Princess Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, who converted to Orthodoxy as Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna. She died in April 1776 after a prolonged labour, together with her stillborn child, leaving Pavel widowed and the succession unsecured. A second marriage was arranged within months. His new bride was Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg, daughter of Friedrich Eugen, later Duke of Württemberg, and Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Raised at Montbéliard in a cultivated German princely household, she converted to Orthodoxy as Maria Feodorovna and married Pavel in October 1776. The union strengthened Russia’s links with Württemberg and Brandenburg-Prussia, but also became an enduring domestic and cultural partnership. Maria was intelligent and artistically gifted, practising drawing, embroidery, ivory carving and hardstone work, while collecting books and decorative art and later supporting charitable and educational institutions. The couple had ten children, nine of whom survived childhood. Their eldest son, Alexander, succeeded Pavel as Emperor Alexander I and ruled during the Napoleonic era; their younger son Nicholas later became Emperor Nicholas I. Constantine Pavlovich became a prominent military figure and briefly stood at the centre of the succession crisis of 1825. Their daughters married into leading European dynasties: Alexandra into the Austrian imperial family, Elena into Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Maria into Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Catherine into Württemberg and Anna into the Dutch royal house. Through their children, Pavel and Maria extended Romanov influence across much of Europe. The birth of Alexander in 1777 secured the succession and prompted Catherine to give the couple the estate that became Pavlovsk, south of St Petersburg. Its Neoclassical palace, begun by Charles Cameron in the early 1780s, became closely associated with Maria’s artistic interests, family life and refined sociability. Gatchina, by contrast, reflected Pavel’s more martial character. There he developed his own court and pursued his interests in military organisation, ceremony and administrative discipline. In 1781–82 Pavel and Maria travelled through Europe as the Count and Countess of the North, visiting royal courts, artists, manufactories and antiquities collections. They acquired paintings, furniture, bronzes, sculpture, textiles and porcelain, helping to make Pavlovsk one of Russia’s most sophisticated expressions of international Neoclassical taste. Yet Catherine continued to restrict their independence, taking charge of the upbringing of Alexander and Constantine just as Empress Elizabeth had once removed Pavel from his own parents. This repetition deepened the estrangement between mother and son. Pavel finally succeeded Catherine in 1796, aged forty-two. His reign lasted little more than four years, but his Act of Succession of 1797 established male-line primogeniture and ended much of the uncertainty surrounding the Russian imperial succession. His attempts to regulate the court, army and administration, and to reverse elements of Catherine’s policies, alienated powerful members of the nobility and officer corps. In March 1801 he was assassinated during a palace coup at the Mikhailovsky Castle and was succeeded by Alexander. This knowledge lends the portrait particular poignancy: Pavel appears not as the embattled emperor of his final years, but as the elegant young heir at a moment when marriage, dynasty and the anticipated birth of a son seemed to promise stability and renewal. Roslin’s portrait should be understood within this urgent dynastic context. The Swedish painter had travelled to St Petersburg in 1775 at the personal invitation of Catherine II and was commissioned to paint monumental state portraits of the Empress, Pavel and Maria Feodorovna. The pendant portraits of the young couple presented the heir and his new wife as the polished, fertile and internationally connected future of the Romanov dynasty. Roslin recorded in 1777 that the ruling family had ordered multiple copies. At least six versions of Pavel’s portrait and twelve of Maria’s are known, and such replicas were distributed as courtly and diplomatic gifts. A pair was presented to James Harris, later First Earl of Malmesbury, then the British ambassador to Russia. The existence of numerous eighteenth-century replicas was therefore not accidental or merely commercial: repetition was integral to the commission’s political purpose. Each version extended the official image of succession from the imperial palace into allied courts, embassies and aristocratic collections. The present portrait belongs to that wider culture of dynastic dissemination. Rather than reproducing Roslin’s entire monumental setting, with its architectural balustrade, extensive Neva prospect, sword, hat and full ceremonial costume, the painter has selected the head and upper body and adapted them to an oval. This transformation changes the character of the image. The grandeur of the original remains legible in the orders, costume and confident turn of the figure, but the reduced composition produces a greater sense of proximity to Pavel himself. The face becomes dominant, and the future emperor appears less as a remote emblem of state than as a recognisable young man. The type also circulated through prints: an oval engraved version published in 1781 and now represented in the British Museum demonstrates how rapidly Roslin’s conception entered the broader visual culture of late-eighteenth-century Europe. The artistic economy in which the portrait was created differed substantially from the modern open market. In Catherine’s Russia, the most prestigious portrait production was sustained by imperial commissions, aristocratic patronage and diplomatic gift-giving. Roslin’s success was extraordinary: during approximately two years in Russia he received around seventy-five commissions, many of which had to be completed after his return west. The appetite for his work reflected both the wealth of the Russian court and its determination to present itself through the most polished international style available. Alongside imported masters such as Roslin, Russia was developing its own institutional artistic culture. The Academy of the Three Noble Arts had been founded in St Petersburg in 1757 and was elevated by Catherine in 1764 to the Imperial Academy of Arts. It recruited European teachers, trained Russian...

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18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Salvador Dali MoMa BE@RBRICK 400% & 100%
Salvador Dali MoMa BE@RBRICK 400% & 100%

Salvador Dali MoMa BE@RBRICK 400% & 100%

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Salvador Dali Bearbrick 400% (Salvador Dali MoMa BE@RBRICK): This collaboration between MoMA and BE@RBRICK features the famous bear figure printed with the classic surrealist art of ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

Summer Breeze, Oil Painting
Summer Breeze, Oil Painting

Summer Breeze, Oil Painting

By Mandy Main

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The atmospheric impressionist landscape painting emphasizes light, space, and mood over fine detail. An expansive sky occupies nearly three-quarters of the comp...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Caroni
Caroni

Caroni

By Jesús Rafael Soto

Located in New York, NY

Color screenprint on heavy white wove paper, 1971. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 146/175 in pencil, lower left. Published by Denise René and Hans Meyer, Pa...

Category

1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen, Color

L'Oiseau Bleu By Marc Chagall
L'Oiseau Bleu By Marc Chagall

L'Oiseau Bleu By Marc Chagall

By Marc Chagall

Located in Dubai, Dubai

L'Oiseau Bleu By Marc Chagall Marc Chagall (1887–1985) was a Russian-French artist celebrated for his vibrant, dreamlike paintings that blend fantasy, folklore, and personal memor...

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1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Lithograph

Louis Emiel Chappel (1888-1963) "Floral Still Life II" Original Painting c.1950
Louis Emiel Chappel (1888-1963) "Floral Still Life II" Original Painting c.1950

Louis Emiel Chappel (1888-1963) "Floral Still Life II" Original Painting c.1950

By Louis Emiel Chappel

Located in San Francisco, CA

Louis Emiel Chappel (1888-1963) floral still life II oil painting, circa 1950s Beautiful full basket bouquet of flowers on a pedestal by listed artist Louis Chappel. Original oil o...

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil