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One of his last paintings was a life-size equestrian portrait of the Queen, shown at the Royal Academy in 1873, made from earlier sketches. [ 13 ] Landseer was particularly associated with Scotland, which he had first visited in 1824 and the Highlands in particular, which provided the subjects (both human and animal) for many of his important ...
The painting shows two kings (or a queen and a king), one of whom is holding a shining glass globe in which there is a village, and the other holding a sword. The left king is wearing blue garments while the right is wearing red garments. Both of them are looking at the globe, which is the only source of light, with curiosity.
A page from Kelileh va Demneh dated 1429, from Herat, a Persian translation of the Panchatantra – depicts the manipulative jackal-vizier, trying to lead his lion-king into war. In both Arab and Persian culture, the lion is regarded as a symbol of courage, bravery, royalty and chivalry. The depiction of lions is derived from earlier ...
They are displayed in several parts of the palace, including the new Cumberland Art Gallery. [1] In September 2015, the Royal Collection recorded 542 works (only those with images) as being located at Hampton Court, mostly paintings and furniture, but also ceramics and sculpture. The full current list can be obtained from their website. [2]
The painting has also been used on the label of tins of Baxter's Royal Game soup in the UK, [14] and as the backdrop for the front desk of the Rosebudd Motel from the Canadian television sitcom, Schitt's Creek. The deer shown in the painting was used as part of a collage on the sleeve of the 1983 Electric Light Orchestra album Secret Messages.
Actually: ‘The painting in the great hall of the Kloveniers Doelen in which the young Lord of Purmerland [Frans Banninck Cocq] as Captain, gives the order to his Lieutenant, the Lord of Vlaerdingen [Willem van Ruytenburgh] to march off his Company of Citizens’, as the painting is called in the family album of Frans Banninck Cocq.
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Leonidas at Thermopylae is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Jacques-Louis David.The work currently hangs in the Louvre in Paris, France.David completed the massive work (3.95 m × 5.31 m) 15 years after he began, working on it from 1799 to 1803 and again in 1813–1814. [1]