03 Works, Interpretations of Olympian deities, Ellie Burelli's Amazons, with footnotes #39

Ellie Burelli, United Kingdom

Amazon I 

Acrylic on Wood

39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.6 D in

Private collection

The legendary Amazons were thought to have lived in Pontus, which is part of modern-day Turkey near the southern shore of the Black Sea. There they formed an independent kingdom under the government of a queen named Hippolyta or Hippolyte. This area is known to have been occupied in the Late Bronze Age by a transhumant group known to the Hittites as the Kaŝka; though they were not directly known to Greeks, modern archaeologists have determined that they finally defeated their enemies, the Hittites, about 1200 BC. According to Plutarch, the Amazons lived in and about the Don river, which the Greeks called the Tanais; but which was called by the Scythians the "Amazon". The Amazons later moved to Terme on the River Thermodon, northern Turkey. More on the Amazons

Ellie Burelli, United Kingdom

Amazon, c. 2014 

Acrylic on Wood

10 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in

Private collection

Originally listed for C$2,574

Ellie Burelli, United Kingdom

Amazon, c. 2014 

Acrylic on Wood

39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.6 D in

Private collection

Originally listed for C$4,171

Ellie Burelli is an artist based in the United Kingdom whose paintings have been exhibited in England, Belgium, the United States, and Italy. Inspired by historical representations, portraiture, and equine forms, through her artistic practice she travels back in time to connect with and savor "the aesthetic delights of bygone eras". Burelli's distinctive compositions are most often created using oils, pastels, gouache, and acrylics on paper, canvas, or wood.

Ellie was born in New York in 1972, grew up in the UK, spending her happiest childhood moments riding her pony on the Yorkshire moors.

Entirely self taught, Ellie has been working successfully as a professional artist since 2001. Her work is on show at a number of galleries and art fairs across the UK and Internationally.

"There is something truly astounding about the way a horse can be transformed from a calm and seemingly domesticated creature, one moment, into an explosion of power and wired emotion, the next. I find this unpredictability and expressiveness, fascinating and a great inspiration in my work.

Historical representations of the equine form are another major source of inspiration for me and am particularly interested in the symbolic, mythological and sacred place the horse has held, throughout history.

I enjoy experimenting with a variety of different media and techniques, always seeking to create new and interesting surface textures, with the feeling of almost excavating the subject from the work surface."

Ellie Burelli is the "nom be plume" for the artist otherwise known as Ellie Hesse. More on Ellie Burelli 

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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Federico Ferrario's Mary and St. Peter Consoling Each Other, with Footnotes #188

Attributed to Federico Ferrario (1714-1802)

Mary and St. Peter Consoling Each Other

Oil on canvas

88 x 113 cm

Private collection

The episode of the painting refers to the triple denial in which St. Peter, according to the canonical Gospels, three times rejected the accusations of being a follower of Jesus. After this denial, the synoptic gospels report the repentance of Peter, often depicted while crying, but in our canvas, he is in the presence of the Madonna. Between the two there is a silent dialogue highlighted above all by the gestures of Peter's hand. In the other hand he holds his iconographic attributes: the keys and a sheet depicting the cross of the Passion of Christ. His face is marked with deep wrinkles. Mary appears visibly by the Apostle's repentance, who listens to him composed with her hands intertwined and leaning her arm on a blue and gold cushion. The classic evidence of the pictorial work, the elegance and delicacy of the details as well as the execution, convey a sincere and intensely personal religious feeling. 

Federico Ferrario ( Milan , 1714 - Milan , March 27, 1802 ) was an Italian painter. Probably Milanese by birth, studied in the workshop of the painter Pietro Maggi , more inclined to fresco than to painting on an easel. It appears that he was perhaps married to a relative of his teacher: Margherita Maggi.

In order to have greater employment opportunities, the artist, in addition to having worked in Milan with the frescoes for the church of Sant'Alessandro , moved away and moved to many areas of Lombardy . Many of his works are preserved in the cities of Pavia, Monza, Sacro Monte di Orta, Cremona, Piacenza, but above all in the Bergamo area, where in the eighteenth century there was a great modernization work of neoclassical style buildings with the need for new decorations, there was therefore the possibility of finding many commissions. It was the years after 1760 that his presence in Bergamo intensified, where he worked with the quadraturist Bernardo Brignoli for many of his works.

Despite having learned at the Maggi school with descent from the Milanese school thanks to his collaboration with other artists and with the studies of the cathedral of Monza he was able to obtain a freer style without ever reaching the Rococo style, always remaining conservative traits. The years spent in Bergamo brought him closer to the art of Vincenzo Angelo Orelli and to Venetian art, which can be seen in the works that followed the early years.

In 1790 he was appointed director of the Accademia Ambrosiana , with Gian Antonio Cucchi, and Antonio De Giorgi, where it appears that he signed requests for subsidies for the academy itself. From that date it seems that he did not make more paintings. He died in his house in Milan. More on Federico Ferrario

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01 Work, Interpretations of Rome , Circle of Jacob de Backer's Porcia, wife of Brutos, with footnotes #38

Circle of Jacob de Backer (Flemish, b. ca. 1540–d. before 1600)

Detail; Porcia swallowing hot coals

Oil on Canvas

176.7 x 103.7 cm. (69.6 x 40.8 in.)

Private collection

Circle of Jacob de Backer (Flemish, b. ca. 1540–d. before 1600)

Porcia swallowing hot coals

Oil on Canvas

176.7 x 103.7 cm. (69.6 x 40.8 in.)

Private collection

Sold for 12,500 GBP in December 2011

Porcia Catonis’  (c. 73 BC – June 43 BC), famous second marriage was to her first cousin, Marcus Junius Brutus, the close friend of the Roman emperor Julius Caesar who plotted his murder. Information about Porcia comes from ancient sources such as Plutarch, and most of it has a decidedly literary quality. For instance, it is said that Brutus revealed the assassination plot to Porcia and, to prove she was worthy of his confidence and could withstand torture if need be, stabbed herself in the thigh. Shortly after Brutus’ suicide in 42 B.C.E. and the downfall of the conservative party, which had instigated Caesar’s assassination, Porcia also committed suicide, supposedly by swallowing hot coals. It is more likely, however, that she inhaled smoke from a charcoal fire, which was not uncommon as a method of suicide at the time. More on Porcia Catonis

Jacob de Backer (c. 1555 – c. 1591) was a Flemish Mannerist painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp between about 1571 and 1585. Even though he died young at the age of 30, the artist was very prolific and an extensive body of work has been attributed to him. Art historians are not agreed on how many of these works are autograph or the product of a workshop. The works attributed to the artist or his workshop are executed in a late-Mannerist style clearly influenced by Italian models. More on Jacob de Backer

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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Jacob de Backer's Allegory of Christian patience, with Footnotes #187

Jacob de Backer  (circa 1540/1545–1591/1600)

Detail; Allegory of Christian patience with Chronos releasing her from the shackles, c. 1590

Oil paint, oak panel

height: 107.5 cm (42.3 in); width: 75.5 cm (29.7 in)

National Museum in Warsaw

Jacob de Backer  (circa 1540/1545–1591/1600)

Allegory of Christian patience with Chronos releasing her from the shackles, c. 1590

Oil paint, oak panel

height: 107.5 cm (42.3 in); width: 75.5 cm (29.7 in)

National Museum in Warsaw

A Naked, young woman in a half-sitting position, leaning against a rock to which she is chained. Head and eyes raised to the heavens, in her left hand she is holding a crucifix. 

A putto with a laurel wreath in her left hand and a palm branch in her right hand flies over her head. At the woman's feet, on the left, a winged, bearded, heavily-muscled old man, seen down to his waist, removes the shackles from her feet. Next to the old man's right hand there is an ax and below it (cut with the edge of the painting - an hourglass. On the opposite side a white sheep.

Patientia, although it does not belong to the Christian canon of the seven main virtues, is inextricably linked with them, above all with the virtue of Hope. More on this painting

Jacob de Backer (c. 1555 – c. 1591) was a Flemish Mannerist painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp between about 1571 and 1585. Even though he died young at the age of 30, the artist was very prolific and an extensive body of work has been attributed to him. Art historians are not agreed on how many of these works are autograph or the product of a workshop. The works attributed to the artist or his workshop are executed in a late-Mannerist style clearly influenced by Italian models. More on Jacob de Backer

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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Jacob de Backer's Lot and his daughters, with Footnotes #186

Circle of Jacob de Backer  (circa 1540/1545–1591/1600)

Lot and his daughters

Oil on paper, laid down on panel

height: 23.2 cm (9.1 in); width: 31.1 cm (12.2 in)

Private collection

Sold for 16,250 USD in June 2014

Lot and his two daughters, Genesis 19:30-38,  left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father.”

 

That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

 

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.” So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

 

So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today. The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today. More Lot and his two daughters

Jacob de Backer (c. 1555 – c. 1591) was a Flemish Mannerist painter and draughtsman active in Antwerp between about 1571 and 1585. Even though he died young at the age of 30, the artist was very prolific and an extensive body of work has been attributed to him. Art historians are not agreed on how many of these works are autograph or the product of a workshop. The works attributed to the artist or his workshop are executed in a late-Mannerist style clearly influenced by Italian models. More on Jacob de Backer

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