London - small bit of a larger artwork 19

Well it caught my eye but my education is insufficient to answer your quiz.

Glad it caught your eye. Answer in a few days.

As you can see below from some of our members who have a fancier painting education than me (I know the answer because I photographed the label that went with the painting), the answer is:

Sandro Botticelli
Venus and Mars
from about 1485

Photographed in "The National Gallery" in London.

Excellent fragment!

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Thanks!

Remarquable et excellemment partagée..le petit bout a bien été choisi.
Bonne et heureuse fin de semaine paisible et salutaire.

Merci beaucoup.

A wonderful detail!

Regarding the painter: I don't really know much about old painting (and only a bit more about modern art), but there are some hints:
1. The painting is in the National Gallery in London.
2. Given the naturalistic style and assuming it is a notable painting, it was probably painted sometime between 1350 and 1850.
3. It shows a scene with someone in a white garment sitting on a red cushion or armchair.
4. The garment doesn't look like fashion contemporary to the painter, so it is probably a historical, mythical, or biblical scene.

Moving the mouse pointer over the links in the "collection highlights" section in the Wikipedia article (it is easier in the German version as the list is smaller), there is a picture with a white garment with golden edges (it took me a second look because I was expecting smaller figures)...

So I guess the painter is Sandro Botticelli. ;-)

I like your detective work! Your middle name doesn't happen to be "Holmes", does it?

Did you discover it was in the National Gallery via the map feature? I would say you are now have much more knowledge about old paintings, having checked out so many in the wikipedia article.

I will reveal the truth and the painting's title in a few days.

The location was of course taken from the map feature. The Address "Chelsea Military Antiques" seemed a bit odd, but the previous photo (just 10min earlier) shows "The National Gallery Salisbury Wing" and is located in the same block...

Haha - "Chelsea Military Antiques" - nope, you were right to assume "The National Gallery" - though I have no idea what wing I might have been in.
-------------------------- You were 100% right:
Sandro Botticelli
Venus and Mars
from about 1485

Photographed in "The National Gallery" in London.

Das ist ja ein toller Bildausschnitt von diesen Gemälde liebe Laura :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,liebe Grüße Güni :))

Glad you like it! Thank you.

Outstanding detail.

Thanks so much. Glad you like it. This style painter is so incredible to me, even the details are paintings in and of themselves.

Sandro Botticelli

Yes, of course you are right.

I'm curious - did you recognize Botticelli's style, or do you know the painting so well you knew it from this little bit?

I immediately thought he was an Italian painter and probably Botticelli,
so I went to look for a painting I already knew,
Venere and Marte .

*smile*

*smile* just means that I smiled at your reply. So I just wanted you to know I had read your reply and that I like it.

Giorgo a peut être raison.. J'ai d'abord pensé à la "dame à l'hermine" de Leonard de Vinci...mais non.peut être Raphaël ou Jean Bournichon. Mais il y avait tellement d'artistes fabuleux en ces temps là que le choix est bien grand

Sandro Botticelli, Venere e Marte, circa 1485
National Gallery, London, UK

it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venere_e_Marte

Merci Giorgo. Je suis impardonnable. J'ai toujours été un admirateur de Botticelli. (et bravo aussi à RCW, alias "l'Hercule Poirot" de l 'art)

If I had been playing this game, I probably would have thought similar to you. My art history training is minimal, but that doesn't keep me from reveling in the beauty and artistry of paintings.

Correct. (As you already know)

a very nice detasil

The whole painting is filled with such details. It was amazing to see in person.

Nicely composed.