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Showing posts with label national gallery London. Show all posts

23 June 2019

Chains of Protection

Couple from Salamanca, 1912
JoaquĆ­n Sorolla
An image from the brilliant Sorolla: Master of Light exhibition at the National Gallery.
The couple wear their betrothal outfits, the woman resplendent in chains and necklaces of corals, medallions and reliquaries all of which are symbols of protection.
The exhibition closes on 7th July 2019.

7 November 2018

Mme Moitessier


Portrait of Mme Moitessier, Ingres
1844-1856
Took him 12 years to get all that opulence right - he did the frame too