Contemplative Collection (page 2)

Beethoven, 1906. Artist: Franz Hanfstaengl
Beethoven, 1906. A portrait of German composer Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827) sitting in a wood. A print from The Girls own Paper, 18 August 1906

Queen Nenzima of the Mangbetu, Belgian Congo (Congo Republic), 1922. Artist: H Lang
Queen Nenzima of the Mangbetu, Belgian Congo (Congo Republic), 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

Leda and the Swan, 1550-1560. Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto
Leda and the Swan, 1550-1560. In Greek Mythology, Leda, the wife of Tyndareus, King of Sparta, was seduced by Zeus, who disguised himself as a swan. From the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

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La Pensee, 1880 (oil on canvas)
3550967 La Pensee, 1880 (oil on canvas) by Clausen, George (1852-1944); 124.5x73.7 cm; Glasgow Museums, UK; (add.info.: Portrait of a young lady, full length, seated in a pensive attitude)

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The Game Keeper's Daughter (w/c on paper)
GLS314121 The Game Keeper's Daughter (w/c on paper) by Walton, Edward Arthur (1860-1922); 45.4x35.7 cm; Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow

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Portrait of Edmond Duranty, 1879 (tempera, w/c & pastel on linen)
GLS2961 Portrait of Edmond Duranty, 1879 (tempera, w/c & pastel on linen) by Degas, Edgar (1834-1917); 100.9x100.9 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow

The Thinker, 1880-81 (bronze)
GLS219843 The Thinker, 1880-81 (bronze) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); height: 68.5 cm; Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland; © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection

Head of an Old Man, 1881 (oil on canvas)
MAN278072 Head of an Old Man, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911); 61.3x50.7 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK

Study for The Vale of Rest (w/c, gouache & gum arabic on paper)
5890678 Study for The Vale of Rest (w/c, gouache & gum arabic on paper) by Millais, John Everett (1829-96); 13.3x20.9 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Graveyard scene at twilight)

Mamma Mia Poveretta, 1901-06 (oil on canvas)
6259441 Mamma Mia Poveretta, 1901-06 (oil on canvas) by Sickert, Walter Richard (1860-1942); 46x38.2 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery ; Manchester Art Gallery

At the Window (oil on canvas)
2632476 At the Window (oil on canvas) by Rothenstein, William (1872-1945); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery ; © NPL - DeA Picture Library

Edmund Spenser, c. 1800-03 (tempera on canvas)
1772304 Edmund Spenser, c.1800-03 (tempera on canvas) by Blake, William (1757-1827); 42x84 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info)

Coach depot in Berlin, Germany, historical woodcut, circa 1870, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, amazed, animal husbandries, arts, arts and crafts, astonished, black, black-and-white, black-white, carriage depot, carriages, carts, chaotic, cities, clutter, coaches

Resting, young woman sitting in an armchair in the living room on Sunday afternoon
1900s, 19th-century, 2 people, activities, activity, adults, apartments, armchairs, auf, black, black-and-white, black-white, break, building, buildings, calm, contemplative, depiction, depictions

Love Memories, young woman contemplating thoughtfully a gift from a lover, 1880, Germany, Historic
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, activities, activity, adult female, adult woman, adults, affair, affairs, affection, boy, children, consider, contemplate, contemplative, dear, deliberate, depiction

Meditation, 1870 (oil on canvas)
5043066 Meditation, 1870 (oil on canvas) by Perrault, Leon Bazile (1832-1908); 129.3x107.5 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info)

Thoughts of the Future (oil on canvas)
MAN368387 Thoughts of the Future (oil on canvas) by Shepherd, Juliana Charlotte (fl.1858-70 d.1898); 40.2x30.4 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK

John Cassidy (RBS), 1900 (oil on canvas)
MAN277403 John Cassidy (RBS), 1900 (oil on canvas) by Barber, Reginald (1851-1928); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info)

Head of a girl (oil on panel)
MAN368398 Head of a girl (oil on panel) by Jacquet, Gustave (1846-1909); 33x23.7 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

Evangeline (oil on canvas)
3083307 Evangeline (oil on canvas) by Faed, Thomas (1826-1900); 59x53 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery ; Gift of Mr James Gresham

Memories, 1926 (oil on panel)
MAN277417 Memories, 1926 (oil on panel) by Coates, George James (1869-1930); 50.4x37.9 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK

Memories, c. 1886 (w/c on paper)
MAN277427 Memories, c.1886 (w/c on paper) by Dicksee, Frank (1853-1928); 13.6x18.9 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: study for oil painting;); © Manchester Art Gallery

A Garland, 1887-88 (oil on canvas)
MAN62968 A Garland, 1887-88 (oil on canvas) by Moore, Albert Joseph (1841-93); 49.3x25.1 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: by Albert Joseph Moore); © Manchester Art Gallery

Reverie, 1927 (oil on canvas)
7388956 Reverie, 1927 (oil on canvas) by Gampert, Jean-Louis (1884-1942); 40x30.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Artist: Jean-Louis Gampert (1884-1942)); © Philippe Clerc Fine Arts

Rest on the quay, 1870
7388601 Rest on the quay, 1870 by Sundt-Hansen, Carl (1841-1907); 55x45 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Carl Sundt-Hansen (1841-1907)); Photo © O. Vaering

Saint Jerome the Penitent, c. 1600 (painting)
7352749 Saint Jerome the Penitent, c.1600 (painting) by Glielmo, Francesco (fl.17th century); Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Spinola, Genoa, Liguria

Portrait of Lorenzo de Medici, 1543 (oil on wood)
7146828 Portrait of Lorenzo de Medici, 1543 (oil on wood) by Vasari, Giorgio (1511-74); 90x72 cm; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany

The Blue Thistle, 1904 (oil on canvas)
471239 The Blue Thistle, 1904 (oil on canvas) by Vloors, Emile (1871-1952); 136x126 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

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Mask, 1915, (painting)
7130039 Mask, 1915, (painting) by Mancini, Antonio (1852-1930); Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Mask, 1915, Antonio Mancini, Pitti palace, Florence, Italy); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Sibyl, 1619 circa, (oil on canvas)
7128849 Sibyl, 1619 circa, (oil on canvas) by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (1591-1666); 72x61 cm; Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna, Italy; (add.info.: Sibyl, 1619 circa, Guercino)

The Thinker, 1906 (bronze)
7355956 The Thinker, 1906 (bronze) by Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917); Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA; (add.info.: By Rodin (1840-1917))

Portrait of Andrea Maffei, (oil on canvas)
7129710 Portrait of Andrea Maffei, (oil on canvas) by Gordigiani, Michele (1830-1909); MAG Alto Garda Museum, Italy, Riva del Garda, Trentino-Alto Adige

Allegory of time running away, c. 1755-1759 (oil on canvas)
7294325 Allegory of time running away, c. 1755-1759 (oil on canvas) by Pellegrini, Girolamo (c.1624-c.1700); Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, Parma, Italy; (add.info.: Allegory of time running away)

Our Lady of sorrows, 1500 circa, (tempera and oil on wood)
7146545 Our Lady of sorrows, 1500 circa, (tempera and oil on wood) by Memling, Hans (c.1433-94) (after); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; (add.info.: Our Lady of sorrows, 1500 circa)

Double portrait. Two friends, c. 1502 (oil on canvas)
7130035 Double portrait. Two friends, c.1502 (oil on canvas) by Giorgione (Giorgio da Castelfranco) (1477/78-1510) (attr.to); Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia, Rome

St Francis in meditation, 17th century (painting)
7129415 St Francis in meditation, 17th century (painting) by Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571-1610); Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: St Francis in meditation)

Statue of Minerva (Palladium), 1st half of the 2nd century AD (marble)
7146893 Statue of Minerva (Palladium), 1st half of the 2nd century AD (marble) by Roman, (2nd century); Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; (add.info.: Statue of Minerva (Palladium)

Man thinking (oil on canvas)
3664391 Man thinking (oil on canvas) by Tibble, Geoffrey (1909-52); 75x101.5 cm; Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, West Yorkshire, UK; © Bradford Museums & Galleries

Dispute over the immaculate conception, 1521 circa, (panel)
7129145 Dispute over the immaculate conception, 1521 circa, (panel) by Sogliani, Giovanni Antonio (1492-1544); Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Tuscany

Memories (w/c on paper)
XPG379883 Memories (w/c on paper) by Hankey, William Lee (1869-1952); Private Collection

The day dream, 1882, (oil on canvas)
7146813 The day dream, 1882, (oil on canvas) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: The day dream, 1882, Dante Gabriel Rossetti)

Repentant Mary Magdalene, 1595 circa, (oil on canvas)
7129370 Repentant Mary Magdalene, 1595 circa, (oil on canvas) by Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571-1610); Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Repentant Mary Magdalene)

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"Contemplative: A Glimpse into the Soul through Art" In this captivating Yardley advertisement from 1962, a woman's serene gaze transports us to a world of introspection and deep thought. Just like the subjects in these timeless artworks, she embodies the essence of contemplation. Briton Riviere's "Christ in the Wilderness" (1898) takes us on a spiritual journey as we witness Christ's solitude and reflection amidst nature's grandeur. The painting speaks volumes about finding solace in moments of quiet contemplation. "The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" (1818) by Caspar David Friedrich portrays an enigmatic figure standing atop a misty landscape, inviting us to ponder life's mysteries and our place within it. It reminds us that sometimes, looking inward can lead to profound revelations. Christina Rossetti's poem from 1866 captures the essence of contemplation with its evocative verses that delve into themes of love, loss, and spirituality. Her words resonate deeply with those seeking meaning beyond what meets the eye. The Penitent Magdalen depicted in oil on canvas invites viewers to reflect upon redemption and forgiveness. As we observe her sorrowful expression, we are reminded that self-reflection is often accompanied by growth and transformation. A young man wearing an open plaid shirt stands pensively in his backyard—a simple yet powerful image capturing moments when one seeks clarity amidst everyday surroundings. His thoughtful demeanor hints at inner musings waiting to be explored. Through various portraits—of both men and women—we encounter faces filled with depth and emotion. Each brushstroke reveals layers waiting to be unraveled—the cool tones portraying introspection or sensuality reflecting an individual lost in their own thoughts. Whether it is contemplating faith or exploring personal identity, these artworks remind us that taking time for introspection is essential for personal growth.