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Monday, March 1, 2010

Oil Portraits Review: Gustavus Adolphus 2 Historical Background

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Oil portraits, of GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS II, of SWEDEN, show a leader, of those, whose sufferin, at the hands, of the snake oil agents of Rome, had had only momentary respite, for hundreds, and hundreds, of years.

The portraits are emblematic of a truly old historical undercurrent, surfacin. Here is part 1 of the historical background, to the 30-years war, for independence, in Europe.

In the video, you will see numerous attractive oil paintings, from many eras of history. You will, no doubt, desire to possess some of these.

After the video, is a list of their titles and artists, linked to a website, where you can get, for yourself, superb oil painting reproductions, of these masterpieces. Click on the name, of the painting or artist.




ART WORKS FOR SALE ONLINE: These are the titles, and the artists, of the oil paintings, that you see, in the video. Click on the name, to find out about orderin a hand-painted reproduction on canvas.

When you arrive at the gallery, use the "Search" field in the upper left.

1. Gustavus Adolphus II King of Sweden on Horseback
Jacob van der Heyden


2. Gustavus Adolphus II in the Battle of Luetzen on 16th November 1632, c.1635, a painting by Palamedes Palamedesz. (Stevaerts, Stevens).

3. Noah Leaving the Ark -- 1663 Adam Colonia

4. The Construction of the Tower of Babel or Nimrod talking with Architects, a painting by Frans the younger Francken.

5. Portrait of Gustavus Adolphus II King of Sweden on horseback in the Battle of Stralsund, a painting by Jacob van der Heyden.

6. Gustavus Adolphus landing at Stralsund in 1630 -- Georg Koler

7. The Death of Gustavus Adolphus at Lutzen, an illustration from The Lion of the North A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion by G.A. Henty, pub. London, a painting by Johann Nepomuk Schonberg.

8. Gustavus IV Adolphus 1778-1837 King of Sweden -- Pierre Duflos (this one got into the review by mistake)

9. Portrait of Gustavus Adolphus the Great, King of the Swedes 1592-1632 -- 1650, a painting by Pieter Claesz. Soutman.

10. St George and the Dragon -- James Gillray

11. St George and the Dragon -- Raphael

12. Saint George and the Dragon -- 1870-89 Gustave Moreau

13. Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector around the Walls of Troy, a painting by Donato Creti.

14. The Burning of Troy -- Louis de Caulery

15. Simon Magus Offering St. Peter Money -- 1470-75 Liberale Da Verona

16. Fall of Simon Magus -- Benozzo di Lese di Sandro Gozzoli

17. Etruscan Dress -- Albert Kretschmer

18. Etruscan Tomb -- c.1780 Franciszek Smuglewicz

19. Frescos from Etruscan Tombs -- c.1780 Franciszek Smuglewicz

20. The burning of Troy -- Francisco Collantes

21. The Burning of Troy -- Pieter Schoubroeck

22. Aeneas And His Family Departing From Troy -- Peter Paul Rubens

23. Aeneas and his Soldiers -- 1919 Georgy Narbut

24. Aeneas at the Court of Latinus -- Ferdinand Bol

25. Drawing of the Etruscan bronze of the She Wolf Suckling Romulus and Remus, a painting by Antonio Lafreri.

26. Rape of the Sabine Women -- Pietro Da Cortona (Barrettini)

27. Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons -- Jacques Louis David

28. The Reconciliation between the Romans and the Sabines -- Frederik Valckenborch

29. Horatius Slaying His Sister After The Defeat Of The Curiatii -- Francesco de Mura

30. Capriccio of a Roman temple with Alexander the Great entering in triumph, 1755-60, a painting by Hubert Robert.

31. View in the Roman Forum The Temple of Peace -- Abraham Louis Rudolph Ducros

32. Capriccio Romano, Colosseum ruins and Vespasian Temple -- (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto

33. The Ruined Temple of Saturn in The Roman Forum -- T. Caffi

34. Rome- View of St Peter's and the Vatican Seen from Prati Di Castello, a painting by Caspar Andriaans Van Wittel.

35. Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of the Empress Josephine 1805-07, a painting by Jacques Louis David.

36. Coronation of Harold King of the Anglo-Saxons -- (after) Maclise, Daniel

37. The Coronation of Charlemagne -- Raffaelo Sanzio

38. Christmas in the Royal household of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria 1717-80 with her husband Francis I 1708-65 and children Maria Christine Ferdinand I later Duke of Modena 1754-1806 Marie-Antoinette 1755-93 and the infant Maximilian, a painting by Archduchess of Austria Maria Christine.

39. Marie Antoinette 1755-93 in her chamber at Versailles in 1777, a painting by Jacques - Fabien Gautier - Dagoty.

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