Stobist info : Flash in Ezybox high left.

WB Kelvin 7000 for a warm old look.

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Copy - watercolour / gouache.

.....The painting shows the village of Middelharnis in the province of South Holland.

..........The view is remarkably accurate and has hardly changed since the 17th. century.

.....Hobbema's ( 1638 -1709 ) design with the avenue of trees receding towards the centre of the picture is simple yet majestic.

..........1689.

the fox who wants to be a dog

Another infrared shot from Freston Tower the other day

Copy - Oils on board.

This painting is one of the most famous by Peter Paul Rubens ( 1577 - 1640 ) in the National Gallery, London collection.

.....The title 'Le Chapeau de Paille' ( meaning The Straw Hat ) was first used in the 18th. century. In fact the hat is not straw; 'paille' may be an error for 'poil', which is the French word for felt.

..........The portrait is probably of Susanna Lunden. Her younger sister Helena became Ruben's second wife in 1630.

.....The direct glance of the sitter from under the shadow of the hat, together with the ring on her finger, suggests that the painting is a marriage portrait.

..........probably 1622 - 5.

It has been selected by Schmap London Guides for inclusion in their Fifth Edition 2008.

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AND, been selected again for the 2011 first Real-Time Schmap London Guide

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The threat of rain brought some very interesting clouds and light to Whitstable this evening

2 shot vertorama stitched in LR6 .

Alte Meister.

Prompt: Create a high-resolution, fine art digital portrait of a distinguished West Highland White Terrier dressed in an ornate 18th-century royal general's uniform. The terrier has soft, white fur and expressive dark eyes. It wears a richly decorated military coat featuring intricate gold embroidery, epaulets, and a high red-and-gold collar. The uniform is formal, grand, and historically detailed, resembling the ceremonial dress of a high-ranking noble officer.

The background is a dark, textured palace wall, subtly lit to enhance the classical and regal ambiance. The lighting is realistic and dramatic, casting soft highlights and gentle shadows across the dog's fur and the opulent fabric. The composition is a centered upper-body portrait, styled in the manner of an Old Master oil painting, evoking elegance, dignity, and nobility.

Style: Classical fine art painting

Mood: Regal, dignified, historical

Lighting: Soft and realistic

Color Palette: Deep golds, rich reds, shadowed blacks, warm creams

Resolution: Ultra-high (suitable for large-format gallery prints)

Aspect Ratio: square

Some highlights from my two-day visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It is an extraordinary collection, from which I chose to record mostly European masters and US decorative arts, but two days is simply not enough time to see and appreciate the many thousands of beautiful objects on display.

In The Style Of William Nicholson "Mushrooms" 52 Weeks of 2022 Week #25

Taken 25 June 2022

Taken on my phone and edited with Oil Effect App and Affiniy Photo.

Mushrooms were a favourite subject, which Nicholson had been painting since the 1920s. The work is the only example that the Tate Gallery acquired directly from the artist's dealer on its first exhibition.

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You can see my other 52 in 2022 photos here :-

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I tried creating old masters style with her this time....a style and era so close to my soul.

Painting by Adam Willaerts - 1629 View of Dordrecht from the mouth of the North (river). Source: www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl/objecten/id/dm-842-415/ © 2016 Luc V. de Zeeuw / Papendrecht, the Netherlands

Copy - Oils on board.

Vermeer (1632-1675) has combined several elements of existing buildings to create a balanced painting.....(c.1659).

He was a leading artist of the ' Dutch Golden Age '.

Billy Joel - She's Got A Way

One of the images taken a few weeks ago on a boat trip with the kids.This was such a perfect crop it reminded me of an oil painting by the" old masters" felt it needed to be framed.nature is ever awe inspiring!

Photo was taken by using a constant light source and a flash to capture ghostly/painterly/soft movement with slow shutter speed

Copy - watercolour / gouache.

..........The figure of a woman, dressed in Florentine fashion is Leonardo's ( 1452 - 1519 ) style of 'sfumato' technique of soft, heavily shaded modelling.

.....The Mona Lisa's enigmatic expression which seems both alluring and aloof, has given the portrait universal fame.

..........Leonardo himself loved the portrait, and so he always carried it with him.

A million thanks to all my contacts, friends & all flickr members for their continued support that this image has made Explore. Tremendously appreciated. Thank you EVERYONE. Thanks ALL.

Copy - Watercolour / gouache.

.....Antonio da Correggio ( 1489 - 1534 ) was the foremost painter of the Parma school of

the Italian renaissance.

..........He handles the subject with characteristic naturalism and tenderness.

.....The scene is in a forest with Mercury (to right) acting as schoolmaster to the young Cupid, accompanied by his mother Venus.

..........Mercury (lacking his winged helmet) looks tenderly down towards Cupid while Venus, unusually shown with wings, faces more directly to the front in a decorous pose loosely based on the classical Venus Pudica (modest Venus).

.....The original is in The National Gallery - London.

........................painted 1525.

This quote it is not that much related with my image but I surely had a good laugh with it. Enjoy! (while you can):

Remember the One who created you.

Remember him while you are still young.

Think about him before your times of trouble come.

The years will come when you will say,

"I don't find any pleasure in them"

─Ecclesiastes 12:1

I used French Kiss Textures.

Back to the Old Master Style Vanitas Still Lifes again...

With a slight nod to the season, this time we've a glass of Port, a handful of Walnuts and a few Chestnuts to fortify us through the long nights.

... and a re-appearance of Bert, back from his summer tour of wherever bluebottles spend their vacation :-)

Vakama, Old Master of Fire, is the spiritual leader of the village of Fire and the trusted adviser of the Protector of Fire. His knowledge of Masks, elemental powers, and Okoto lore make him the go-to counselor of the Toa, and he is always willing to lend an ear when Tahu needs to vent. But Vakama has a cheeky streak, and loves to play pranks and sneak up on unsuspecting villagers! Despite his vast knowledge, however, his memory doesn't seem to be what it used to be, and more than once he has given the Toa faulty advice, much to his dismay.

As I wait for the new Bionicle sets, I thought I'd make a simple version of what one of the Turaga might look like in the Okoto-verse. Some folks who have the Protectors say the Arthron doesn't look too much like their Masks in person, but I thought I'd give it a try anyway.

Textures from French Kiss Artiste Collection

The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (HQ)

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Ethel Dwyer

[between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517

General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.32893

Call Number: LC-B2- 5526-8

Classic style: nothin but tulips, light and the Fuji X100V

Giovanni Antonio Canal 'Canaletto' (1697-1768) - Warwick Castle, East Front from the Courtyard (1752)

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Copy - Oils on canvas.

Grateful thanks to EVERYONE for their support that this image has made Explore.

Truly appreciated. Thanks to ALL.

Fingers caught by ties that bind, air that chokes upon the vine, force tightens an ill fit ring, wilted, limp weeds cannot cling.

Another limited edition print from the submerged underwater exhibition. Hope you like it. Series to be continued. 😉

Copy - Oils on wood.

The river in the foreground is the Rhine.

On the horizon is the town of Rhenen.

The diagonals formed by the river banks and the clouds are carefully balanced by the cattle and sail boat in the foreground.

..........1648.

.....Salomon van Ruysdael ( 1602 - 1670 ) was the uncle of Jacob van Ruysdael.

Art Institute, Chicago

Some highlights from my two-day visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It is an extraordinary collection, from which I chose to record mostly European masters and US decorative arts, but two days is simply not enough time to see and appreciate the many thousands of beautiful objects on display.

This is Freston Tower in Suffolk, a Tudor Folly which looks out over the River Orwell. It's is an amazing Landmark Trust holiday let now, and a special place to me as I proposed to my wife at the top of it! The sky wasnt great for colour but looked more interesting in IR. I was torn between including the dog walker or not, but thought it gave it the air of a Romanticist painting.

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Frustrated Old Masters painter? No not me!

About Cranach's signature - information copied from: www.theartstory.org/artist/cranach-the-elder-lucas/

By this time (1504) Cranach's reputation was such, his work was being discussed in favorable comparisons to that of Albrecht Dürer and Hans Burgkmaïr (and following their deaths in 1528 and 1531 respectively, Cranach assumed the mantle of Germany's pre-eminent living artist).

In 1508, indeed, Cranach was awarded a Kleinod signature - effectively his own "coat of arms" - by the Elector. It was a winged snake holding a ruby ring in its mouth and it appeared on his works from that date forward. Hand writes that "The winged serpent probably had humanistic or hieroglyphic significance and could stand for Kronos, the Greek god of time, a pun on the artist's name in Latin as well as German". (Hand adds that Cranach used this device to sign his paintings from 1508 onward but, after 1534, "the serpent's wings are those of a bird and shown folded. The new form is prevalent from 1537 onward and has been connected with the death of the artist's son Hans in 1537. The presence of the serpent with folded wings on paintings dated 1535 and 1536 undermines this somewhat romantic notion but has been seen as an attempt by Cranach to distinguish the work of his sons".)

My notes: I'm interested in the symbology of Cranach's coat of arms. Specifically, I wonder what the ring and the crown signify or represent. Could both be a reference to the word "Kleinod," which in German means jewel or gem?

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Alien Bee B800 in a 30x60 PCB open softbox camera left and slightly high. Large white reflector immediately camera right.

After Portrait Of A Young Woman With Feather Hat, Titian, c. 1536.

Concept, styling, and makeup: Carla Tersini (Model Mayhem #1875260)

Model: Victoria Scott

Location: The Attic @ Twelve South First, San José

Plongée dans l’élégance de la Renaissance française avec ce portrait raffiné d’Henri de Valois, futur Henri III. Entre ombres et lumière, ce visage juvénile trahit déjà l’éclat d’un destin royal. La fraise immaculée, la plume altière, le regard pensif… tout ici murmure l’ambition d’un prince bientôt roi.

16'x20' Oil on Canvas........

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What a Friend we have in Jesus (Southern Gospel)

I used French Kiss textures.

After The Money Lender and his Wife by Quentin Matsys or should that be The Money Changer and his Wife, whichever, Stew and I had a lot of fun setting this up.

The We're Here group members are going for the

Faux Flemish look today.

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Mabel Withee

[between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517

General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.32331

Call Number: LC-B2- 5454-13