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Today is the feast of the Assumption and here is a video I took at The Frari in Venice. Titian’s masterpiece, The Assumption of the Virgin 1515. 🙏.

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Skateboarding at The Neue Meister, Berlin. A photo I took last week. I hasten to add, it’s not me 💙

Paris x 4. Bologna, Padua, Venice x 2, Frankfurt, Florence x 3. London x3, Antwerp x 2, Bruges, Brussels x2, Berlin, Dresden, Delft, Amsterdam x 2, The Hague, Rome, Ghent, Milan, Munich, Geneva, Zurich 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺.

1/2 Seems to be a lot of traction taking place regarding the safety of Europe. Without stating the obvious every country and city has its challenges. I have visited 21 cities in Europe over the last 19 months. Not once, and I mean not once did I feel unsafe. 💙 🇪🇺.

Gerard van Honthorst, The Dentist 1622. Honthorst was From a group of Dutch painters called the “Utrecht Caravaggists”. From a distance I thought it was a Nativity 🫣. Photos I took in Dresden

Rodin’s The Bronze Age 1875. This early masterpiece was produced during the years the sculptor spent in Brussels. Photos I took at Berlin’s National Galerie

A marvellous portrait of Harry Graf Kessler, 1906 by Edvard Munch. Photos I took at Berlin’s National Galerie. 2 metre’s in height just for context

August Rodin’s The Thinker. A photo I took at Berlin’s National Galerie.

August Kopisch, The Pontine Marshes at Sunset, 1848. It is considered his Magnum Opus. Photos I took at Berlin’s National Galerie

Albrecht Durer portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher. 1526. The preserved sliding cover with family coat of arms can be inserted into the panel. Photos I took in The Albrecht Durer room in The Gemaldegalerie Berlin.

Masaccio panels. 1426. Specifically, The miracle of Saint Nicholas of Bari. The original Santa Claus. Here he is seen at night when everyone is asleep dropping 3 bags of Gold through the door to save three daughters from prostitution. Photos I took at The Gemäldegalerie Berlin.

Titian, The tribute money, 1516. “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s”.

Canaletto, Dresden from the right bank of the Elbe below the Augustus bridge, 1748. He became the highest paid court painter. He created this for Friedrich Augustus II.

Erich Heckel, Wintermorning/ Horse Pasture, 1906. After seeing an exhibition of Van Gogh’s work in 1905 in Dresden, young artists were deeply impressed by his work particularly members of “Brucke” group. Here you can see Van Gogh ‘s influence on Heckel.

Parmigianino, The Madonna of the Rose, 1529. Only for the title the artist makes it difficult for us to decide whether it is The virgin and child or The Roman goddess of Love, Venus with Amor. An early highlight in Mannerist Art

Nice to see a Lavinia Fontana in Dresden, not often you see her work. The Holy family 1575. Oil on beech panel.

Tintoretto, portrait of a lady in mourning 1550. Many aristocrats had their portraits painted by Tintoretto but only 3 portraits of women survive. The light emphasises her face and hands and she holds her rosary beads. Photos I took in Dresden.

Annibale Carracci, portrait of Lute player, Giulio Mascheroni, 1593. Photos I took at Dresden Alte Meister

Gianbattista Moroni, Don Gabriel de la Cueva, Duke of Albuquerque, 1560. The portraits striking realism is characteristic of Moroni making him one of the most important portrait painters of the 16th century. Photos I took at Berlin’s Gemaldegalerie.