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John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-99) (tempera on panel)

BAL53169 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-99) (tempera on panel) by Cornelisz, Lucas (1495-1552) (attributed to); Private Collection; (add.info.: 4th son of Edward III; from a series of portraits of Constables of Queenborough Castle in Kent, commissioned by Sir Thomas Cheney, Constable of Queenborough 1511-59;); Dutch, out of copyright

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Krakatoa sunsets, 1883 artworks

Krakatoa sunsets. Artwork of the spectacular red and orange sunsets caused in London, England, by the August 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, a volcano thousands of kilometres away in Indonesia. The ash thrown up by the eruption caused sunsets like these for years afterwards. These three artworks are a sequence, showing twilight and afterglow effects at Chelsea, London, on 26 November 1883, at around: 4.40pm (top); 5pm (middle); and 6.15pm (bottom). These are among the thousands of sunset sketches made by the British artist William Ashcroft. Krakatoa's eruption prompted many reports and investigations. These artworks formed the frontispiece for The Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society (1888)

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Melencolia I

Melencolia I. Print shows a winged woman representing melancholy in the sense of an artist's spiritual self-portrait. She is surrounded by many symbolic figures and objects, including a bat carrying the inscription Melencolia I below a rainbow; a large stone, ladder, hourglass, bell, and magic square; carpenter's tools and a sleeping dog; and a small putto with a notbook and ink well. (Source: Bartsch and Panofsky.). Date 1514. Melencolia I. Print shows a winged woman representing melancholy in the sense of an artist's spiritual self-portrait. She is surrounded by many symbolic figures and objects, including a bat carrying the inscription Melencolia I below a rainbow; a large stone, ladder, hourglass, bell, and magic square; carpenter's tools and a sleeping dog; and a small putto with a notbook and ink well. (Source: Bartsch and Panofsky.). Date 1514

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