Ancient Persian, Lion frieze from the palace of Darius I, c 510 BC

Medium: glazed stone brick
Location: Louvre Museum, Paris




























Tags: 500BC, persian, lion, ancient, frieze, darius, story, berthburg, powerful

ENCKELL, Magnus The Raising 1894

Magnus Enckell, Finnish, 1870-1925. Septem. Symbolism

Uppvaknandet. Heräävä
Oil on canvas, 113,00 cm x 85,50 cm, Ateneum, Finland

Tags:1800, boy, child, enckell, finland, hariberth, raising, nude

MEMLING Hans St John Altarpiece (right wing) 1474-79

Oil on oak panel, 176 x 78,9 cm (right wing)
Hans Memling Museum, Brugge, Belgium

Another detail

How can I tell you what really happened?

Tags: 1400, apocalypse, book, evangelist, hariberth, imagination, john, memling, saint, vision, writing

THAULOW, Frits From Dieppe, France, with the river Arques, 1895

Frits Thaulow, Norwegian, 1847-1906.

Impressionism

Fra Dieppe med elven Arques. Oil on canvas

Tags: adalia, arques, dieppe, france, landscapes, norway, river, thaulow

MEMLING, Hans St John and Veronica Diptych (reverse of the right wing) c. 1483

Hans Memling (Memlinc), Netherlandish, c. 1430 – 1494

Oil on wood, 31,6 x 24,4 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington

The gold chalice with a serpent is a symbol of redemption. It is referring to the legend of St John the Evangelist who, ordered to drink a cup of poisoned wine, made the sign of blessing, and the venom was miraculously drawn from the liquid.

Tags: 1400, chalice, diptych, still-life, john, memling, poison, serpent, story, veronica

NOLDE, Emil The Prophet, 1912

Emil Nolde, German, 1867 – 1956. Expressionism
Woodcut, private collection

Copyrighted

Tags: nolde, prophet, graphic, face, 1900, despair, story

PARMIGIANINO Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror (detail) c. 1524

Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian, 1503 - 1540

Oil on wood, diameter 24,4 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Mannerism.

Another detail

Tags: 1500, convex, face, hariberth, mirror, parmigianino, portrait, self-portrait

GEEFS, Guillaume Lucifer 1800s

Statue of Lucifer in white marble
Cathedral of St. Paul, Liège, Belgium

Photo: Luc Viatour

Tags: geefs, lucifer, angel, berthold, fall, chained, prisoner, 1800

ARCIMBOLDO, Giuseppe The Librarian c.1566

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian, 1527-1593

Oil on canvas, 97 x 71 cm Skoklosters Slott, Bålsta (Stockholm)

Another version
Good colours version

Tags: 1500, arcimboldo, books, librarian, stockholm, story

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de Third of May, 1808 (detail) 1814

Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Tags: 1800, execution, goya, hariberth, innocent, madrid, third of may

UNKNOWN MASTER, Catalan The Fight between David and Goliath 1123

Mural, 82 x 75 cm
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Tags: unknown, catalan, fight, david, goliath, 1100, barcelona, defeat, killing, berthold

UNKNOWN MASTER, French Portrait of Jean le Bon, King of France c1360

Wood, 60 x 44 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

Tags: unknown, french, portrait, jean le bon, king, 1300, face

UNKNOWN MASTER, French Crusaders 12th century

Mural
Chapel of the Templars, Cressac

Tags: unknown, french, crusaders, 1100, cressac, warrior, berthold, riding

UNKNOWN MASTER, German The Virgin in a Paradise Garden 1415-30

Tempera on oak, 20,2 x 16,2 cm
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne

Tags: unknown, german, virgin, paradise, garden, 1400, cologne, adalheim, angels, madonna, music, wiba, hariberth

UNKNOWN MASTER, German St Elizabeth Clothes the Poor and Tends the Sicks 1390s

Tempera on pine, 123,4 x 49,2 cm
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne

Tags: unknown, german, saint, elisabeth, clothes, poor, tends, sick, cologne, wiba, adalheim, charity, 1300

REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn The Jewish Bride c1666

Oil on canvas
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Tags: 1600, amsterdam, bride, couple, hands, jewish, lora, love, man, rembrandt, tender, woman

REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn Hendrickje bathing in a River 1655

Oil on wood panel, 61,8 × 47 cm
National Gallery, London

Tags: rembrandt, hendrickje, bathing, 1600, london, woman, underwear, soft, tender

REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn Hendrickje in Bed c1648

Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

Another version, huge

Tags: 1600, bed, edinburgh, expectation, hendrickje, love, rembrandt, smiling, waiting, woman

HOLBEIN, Ambrosius (1495-1519) Portrait of a Boy with Blond Hair

Tempera on wood. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Ambrosius Holbein, painter and book illustrator, was the elder son of Hans Holbein the Elder and the brother of Hans Holbein the Younger. He was apprenticed in his father's workshop in Augsburg. When the workshop was broken up in 1514 he went to Basle together with Hans the Younger. In Basle he received several commissions. He apparently died about 1519 before reaching maturity as an artist. - Web Gallery of Art

Tags: holbein, portrait, boy, blond, hair, child, hariberth, mild, smiling

MASTER of the Gospel Book of Henry II Dream of Joseph, before 1014

Pergament, 15,9 × 13,5 cm, Staatliche Bibliothek, Bamberg

Gospel Books

Tags: 1000, angel, berthold, dream, evangely, flying, illumination, joseph, king, master, servant, sleeping