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Henry Zaidan

01 Painting, Orientalist Artists, The Art of War, Adolf Schreyer’s Arab Horsemen, with footnotes…

Adolf Schreyer (July 9, 1828 Frankfurt-am-Main — July 29, 1899 Kronberg im Taunus) was a German painter, associated with the Düsseldorf…

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01 Painting, Orientalist Artists, The Art of War, Adolf Schreyer’s Arab Horsemen, with footnotes…

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Henry Zaidan

01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, The Art of War, John Wood’s The Death of Abel, with Footnotes…

According to the Book of Genesis, Adam´s sons each made offerings to the Lord, who was pleased with Abel´s but not with Cain´s. Jealous of…

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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, The Art of War, John Wood’s The Death of Abel, with Footnotes…

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Henry Zaidan

01 Work, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan’s The Guard, with footnotes #99

The guard wears a helmet with a chain mail, finely decorated. Notably, visible is a shamshir, strapped to her side. She slightly leans in…

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01 Work, The Art of War, Henry Zaidan’s The Guard, with footnotes #99

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Henry Zaidan

01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, The Art of War, GUSTAVO SIMONI’s CHARGING CAVALIERS, with…

Sold for £4,000 in February 2019 Gustavo Simoni was born in Rome. From 1861 until 1866 he studied at the Accademia de San Luca where his…

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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, The Art of War, GUSTAVO SIMONI’s CHARGING CAVALIERS, with…

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Henry Zaidan

01 Work, The Art of War, Frank McCarthy’s Charging Warrior, with footnotes

Due to religious dictates it is very difficult to find classical Islamic art portraying people! To tell the story I have decided to try and…

1 min read4 days ago

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01 Work, The Art of War, Frank McCarthy’s Charging Warrior, with footnotes

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Henry Zaidan

01 Work, The Art of War, Frank McCarthy’s Charging Warrior, with footnotes

Estimated for $5,000 USD — $7,000 USD in April 2024

2 min read4 days ago

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01 Work, The Art of War, Frank McCarthy’s Charging Warrior, with footnotes

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Henry Zaidan

01 Work, The Art of War, Wissam al-Jazairy’s Scream, with footnotes

The Scream is a composition originally created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. The Norwegian name of the piece is Skrik, and the…

3 min read5 days ago

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01 Work, The Art of War, Wissam al-Jazairy’s Scream, with footnotes

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Henry Zaidan

01 Work, The Art of War, Khawla bint al-Azwar, Arab Muslim warrior in the service of the Rashidun…

Due to religious dictates it is very difficult to find classical Islamic art portraying people! To tell the story I have decided to try and…

2 min read6 days ago

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01 Work, The Art of War, Khawla bint al-Azwar, Arab Muslim warrior in the service of the Rashidun…

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Henry Zaidan

01 Work, Interpretations of Olympian deities, THE ART OF WAR, Arturo Michelena’s Penthesilea, with…

Penthesilea, daughter of Ares and Otrera, was an Amazon queen who fought and died in the Trojan War. After Hector, the leader of the Trojan…

3 min readApr 18, 2024

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01 Work, Interpretations of Olympian deities, THE ART OF WAR, Arturo Michelena’s Penthesilea, with…

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Henry Zaidan

01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, The Art of War, Théodore Chassériau’s Battle of Arab Horsemen…

The painting is very dramatic and dense, and the soldiers and horses in the center are sketched with loose brushstrokes. The dramatism of…

2 min readApr 17, 2024

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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, The Art of War, Théodore Chassériau’s Battle of Arab Horsemen…

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Henry Zaidan

Henry Zaidan

In my Blog is an Online collection of significant paintings from the 1st century to today; complete with art-history and artist bibliographies.

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