iskender's Defter

The Sack of Rome by the Visigoths on 24 August 410 by J-N Sylvestre (1890)

Are there any contemporary representations of Alaric? If not, why not?

Anselm Kiefer. Alarichs Grab (Alaric’s Tomb), 1975.
Emulsion on unprepared canvas, 220 x 300 cm, Neue Galerie Collection Ludwig, Aachen.

aleyma:

Pieter de Hooch, Interior with Women beside a Linen Chest, 1663 (source).

printsandthings:

Emile Deroy, portrait de Baudelaire, 1844

vanfullersublime:

A Kept Woman, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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poboh:

Young Girl Reading on the Floor, Edgar Degas. French (1834-1917)

İvriz Neo Hittite Rock-relief Monument: King Warpalawas and the Storm-God Tarhunzas (8th cent. B.C.)

From Aksel Tibet’s profile on Facebook…

A stone god with grapes in his hand? Is it just me that finds this surprising?

herochan:

Deadpool (Vol 2 14 Cover Art) - by Jason Trent Pearson

darksilenceinsuburbia:

Parliamentrope. Piccadilly.

arthistory-blog:

The Mermaid (Study), 1892, by John William Waterhouse

beautifuldavinci:

Sir William Orpen (1878 - 1931).

His masterful portraits are extraordinarily vivid, the combined product of superb draftsmanship, rich color, and an unerring control of tonal values. He was first and foremost a painter — the strong, decisive brushstrokes are placed with athletic vigor and uncanny accuracy.

There never seems to be an ounce of hesitancy or indecision — every stroke registers like a clear, precise note of music.

Orpen was fond of painting women sitters against a black background, lighting the figure from two sides, an arrangement which gave luminosity and a certain ethereal appearance to his unfaltering but matter of fact statement.