life-imitates-art-far-more:

Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967)
“Pierrot (Self portrait in the costume of Pierrot)” (1911)

Pierrot is a stock character of pantomime and Commedia dell'Arte whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris. His character in contemporary popular culture is that of the sad clown, pining for the love of Columbine, who usually breaks his heart and leaves him for Harlequin. The defining characteristic of Pierrot is his naïveté: he is seen as a fool, often the butt of pranks, yet nonetheless trusting.

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symbolism-art:

Reflection, Odilon Redon

Medium: pastel on paper

beyond-the-canvas:

Felicien Rops, Satan Sowing Weeds, 1879.

laclefdescoeurs:

“Parable of the Medicinal Herbs,” Chapter 5 of the Lotus Sutra

Unidentified Artist

Heian period, 12th century            

renaissance-art-blog:

The Descent into Hell, 1568, Tintoretto

Size: 373x342 cm

Medium: oil, canvas

theancientwayoflife:

~ Bracelet with Ends in the Shape of Maned Lionesses.
Date: 4th century B.C.
Medium: Gold, bronze, copper

oldpaintings:

1.Study for nymphs finding the head of Orpheus by John William Waterhouse  (English, 1849–1917)

2.Orpheus, 1875 by Gustave-Claude-Étienne Courtois (French, 1853–1923)

3.The Lyre of Orpheus, 1898 by Alexandre Séon (French, 1855–1917)

4.The Death of Orpheus, 1893 by Jean Delville (Belgian, 1867–1953)

surreelust:

Portrait of Chess Players by Marcel Duchamp (1911)

surrealism-love:

Of This Men Shall Know Nothing, 1923, Max Ernst

Size: 64x81 cm

Medium: oil, canvas

loumargi:

The Naiads - Gioacchino Pagliei (1881)

theancientwayoflife:

~ Mummy Portrait of a Man Wearing a Laurel Wreath.
Date: A.D. early to mid-2nd century
Culture: Roman
Medium: Lime (linden) wood, beeswax, pigments, gold, textile, natural resin.

dowland:

François Clouet (c.1510-1572)

Portrait of Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (detail)

laclefdescoeurs:

The Supper at Emmaus, 1605-06, Caravaggio