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Self portrait as a hunter
Love the humour in this self portrait, Max Slevogt’s portraits do come over as a bit pompous but pretty sure this one from 1907 ‘Selbstbildnis als Jäger’ was a tongue in cheek one.
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Max Slevogt in the garden
If you said there was something very Cezanne or Manet about this painting, you’d be correct at least in the latter case, he was influenced by Manet.
Max Slevogt, Self-Portrait in the garden at Godramstein, 1910. More info here.
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North Italian School, 16th Century
Portrait of a man, three-quarter-length, in a dark blue doublet with slashed sleeves, holding a spear and a sword, with a helmet beside him.
Sold for £15,000Quite cheap, really…
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Attributed to Paolo Caliari Veronese, Mid-1570s (?): Portrait of a Gentleman
Private Collection
Not totally sure of this attribution, it’s Veronese-esque but not like the other portraits I’ve seen, seems a bit too modern (rare to have a completely blank background in a Veronese too).
But still, an amazing portrait.
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Unknown artist, 19th century.
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Another Louis, Louis W Hill by artist Carl Bohnen
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‘The cello player’ by Thomas Eakins [1844 – 1916]
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Lovely! Alexei von Jawlensky (Russian, 1864–1941; worked in Germany 1896–1914 and 1922–1941; worked in Switzerland 1914–1922)
The Old Man (Yellow Beard), 1912 it sez here!Jawlensky
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Saw this in the flesh on Friday – new purchase by the National Gallery of a danish artist I’ve not heard before – Christen Købke. It’s beautiful.
Portrait of P. Ryder, Son of the Artist’s Cousin 1848, Christen Købke. National Gallery, London (by renzodionigi)