[placard reads: maestro della madonna della misericordia (seconda metá del XIV sec.). I Sainti Gregorio e Bartolomeo | Saints Gregory and Bartholomew. dalla collezione Pompei, Verona.] via twitter
African Magi with BEAUTIFUL outfit- spotted at Harvard Art Museum
avoyagetoarcturus submitted:
The Adoration of the Magi, in the Harvard Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Sign reads:
Master of 1518
Netherlandish, active early 16th century
The Adoration of the Magi; left panel: The Nativity; right panel: The Presentation in the Temple, c. 1520
Oil on panel
Fogg museum, Anonymous gift in honor of Seymour Slive, 1991.146
The unidentified master’s name derives from the date on an altarpiece in a church in Lübeck, Germany. He belonged to a group of artists, active in Antwerp from about 1510 to 1530, whose paintings are characterized by attenuated figures striking mannered poses in brightly colored costumes, and the grafting of Italian Renaissance ornament onto the medieval architecture that often serves as a backdrop. Rather than working on commission, some Antwerp workshops produced ready-made altarpieces depicting standard subjects suitable for ecclesiastical settings that did not require specific iconographic programs. The work on display here belongs to this type and retains the original, plain molding that frames other examples. Many of these retables (altarpieces) were exported through Antwerp trading channels as far as northern Germany, Poland, Spain, and Portugal.
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I don’t know anything about this painting other than that it was almost certainly removed from either a Czech castle or a palace in Prague. It’s hanging in an office in one of the places I work (a quango that administers a number of State-owned properties). I snapped this pic surreptitiously, as I’m not certain how lawful the “loan” of the many valuable paintings on these office walls are.
Oh, wow, secret office baroque painting submission!!! Not only is its provenance super mysterious (and questionably legal), the subject is really interesting, too. I’m tickled pink to add it to my collection, and who knows. Someday we might even find out more about it <3
Submitted by anonymous
submission via Twitter
[placard reads: Diego Velázquez, Spanish, (1599-1660). Kitchen Scene, 1618/20. Oil on Canvas. This is one of a number of strikingly naturalistic scenes that Diego Velázquez painted at the beginning of his career, before he left his native Seville for Madrid. The picture has suffered abrasion over time, with the areas of dark paint being more damaged than the light highlights. Another version of the subject in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, includes a biblical episode, The Supper at Emmaus, in the background. This narrative lends a moralizing solemnity to the simple objects and serving girl that are the. main subject. Such a background vignette was probably never part of the Art Institute’s picture.]
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jack-ramsey submitted:
Venetian School, circa 1500 Depiction of Caspar, one of the Three Magi.
"The Power of Music"
rocketplane submitted:
I know that this is a little beyond your time period, but this piece really caught my eye the last time I was in the Cleveland Museum of Art. The description is as follows:
Set in rural Long Island before the Civil War, this scene of an African American laborer eavesdropping on a fiddle tune suggests the divisive race relations in America at the time. While a love of music connects the men and acknowledges their common humanity, they nevertheless occupy different spaces. The barn door that separates the laborer likely serves as a symbolic reminder that he lacked the political rights and social privileges of the group of white men inside.
Also, shameless plug for my local art museum. For you or anyone who needs another online collection, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collection can be found online at: http://www.clevelandart.org/art/collections
[mod note] I highly encourage anyone in the area to go and visit the Cleveland Art Museum! I’ve posted a lot of stuff from their collections website ^^ there too; it’s a fantastic resource for anyone interested in art or digital humanities. I especially love their collection of textiles!!
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Madame Claude Lambert de Thorigny (Marie Marguerite Bontemps, 1668–1701), and an Enslaved Servant
Nicolas de Largillierre
(French, Paris 1656–1746 Paris)
1696
Oil on canvas
Figured you would take a liking to this. My active Tumblr is @black-renaissance.
thehungrywoman submitted:
Can you tell me the artist of the last painting on the top right? The woman with pearls and the ribbon around her head?
Sure!
The painting is by Walter Frier, and it’s described as Portrait of the Princess of Zanzibar with an African Attendant:
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The inscription on the back reads:
John Henderson of Fordell Travelling in his youth thro Several parts of Asia and Africa from ye 1618 to ye 1628 was delivered unto Slavery by a Barbari Prince in Zanquebar on the Cost of Africa where a Princess of that Countrie contrived to the mians of both their Escape and getting aboard a ship trading up ye Red Sea landed and cam to Alexandrea where she died whose Picture Mr Henderson cauised take with her black Maid after their own country habit. From ye original picture at Oterston by W Frier, 1731.
raychleadele submitted:
I work at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, and I snagged these photos for you a few weeks ago.
[placard reads: Bernardino Fungai. Italian, 1460-1516. The Adoration of the Magi, early 16th century. Tempera on wood panel.]
esterko submitted:
Saw the blue plaque post a few months ago and I’ve finally got round to taking a snap of the plaque comemmorating Ira Aldridge in Łódź, Poland, where I live. It says:
‘This building used to be the 'Paradyż’ theatre, where Ira Aldridge died before he played Othello (here). Ira Aldridge, born 24.07.1807 in New York - the first ever Black Shakesperean tragic. He achieved world fame. He is buried at the Lutheran cemetary in Łódź.
Fundes by: Barbara Johnson Williams The President of the city of Łódź Łódź Museum of Cinematography’
runningaroundincirclespanicking submitted:
All of these were taken at the Natchez MS First Presbyterian Church
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Although this submission doesn’t really fall under my usual criteria, I think these images should be online and available. @blackhistoryalbum
littletransrobot submitted:
Karel Van III Mander
A Moor Wearing a Turban and Armour, 1625-1670
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 137 x 108 cm.
Exhibited at National Gallery of Denmark (Original image can be found here and is Public Domain)
How Historical Fiction Gets Made
randomguy3 submitted:
The Stuff You Missed In History Class podcast did an episode titled SLCC Live: How Historical Fiction Gets Made (a recording of a live show from Salt Lake ComicCon) a few months ago that I thought would be right up your street, where they had a panel of authors who write historical fiction or historically-inspired fantasy talking about what they do. This included talking about diversity in historical fiction and the freedom authors have to deviate from the historical record, or be inspired by hidden gems of history.
I know you can’t listen to podcasts, and the same is almost certainly true for some of your readers, so I transcribed it. I apparently can’t insert “read more” cuts into the submission form, so you might have to edit this post to insert one.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to transcribe this! I do get a lot of podcast or audio submissions frequently, and sometimes someone will transcribe them upon request, but this is the first time someone actually did it first and submitted it all together. Also, the compliments to my own humble research therein made me blush! :D
songscloset submitted:
I’m in Reno and the SCA is having their Coronation. This striking young man rode in the elevator with me. (I got his permission for the photo and the posting.)