Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

Monday, 3 August 2026

Tuesday, 28 July 2026

The Gate of Calais or O, the Roast Beef of Old England

 According to Middlesex Trading who do a repro 1717 this painting has 1717s in it. Good excuse to post it.

The Gate of Calais or O, the Roast Beef of Old England is a 1748 painting by William Hogarth, reproduced as a print from an engraving the next year. Hogarth produced the painting directly after his return from France, where he had been arrested as a spy while sketching in Calais. The scene depicts a side of beef being transported from the harbour to an English tavern in the port, while a group of undernourished, ragged French soldiers and a fat friar look on hungrily. Hogarth painted himself in the left corner with a "soldier's hand upon my shoulder."[1]



Monday, 18 May 2026

Fantassin italiens, vers 1660

 

Solemn entry of the Illustrious Mr. Confalonier of Justice, which takes place every two months at the public palace of Bologna by one of the Illustrious 50 Senators of said City, departing from his house with eight Ancient Consuls, escorted by the Gentlemen Doctors, by the Illustrious Senate, and by the majority of the Nobility ... (1700). Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.

Sunday, 3 May 2026

Friday, 24 April 2026

J Callot Drummers 1635

 Left-handed? Apparently there was no hard and fast rule as to what way round you play 'em. 


Thursday, 2 April 2026

Have a great Easter.

Village Festivity, Cornelius van Bellekin

This painting depicts a village festivity, with young peasants dancing, a violinist playing, and villagers discussing something among themselves.