Portrait of Rachel Donelson Jackson by Earl Postcard

The back of the postcard reads:

Portrait of Rachel Donelson Jackson- by EarlThe HermitageNashville, TennesseeHome of President Andrew JacksonSeventh President of the United States

The postcard shows a portrait of Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, wife to the 7th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson. Rachel Donelson was the daughter of the explorer and adventurer John Donelson, co-founder of Nashville, Tennessee and Rachel Stockley.

Portrait of Rachel Donelson Jackson Postcard

Ralph E. W. Earl, portraitist, was the son of Connecticut painter Ralph Earl and his second wife, Anne Whiteside of Norwich, England. On January 1, 1817, Earl arrived in Nashville to paint the portrait of General Andrew Jackson. Later that year, in Natchez, he met and married Jane Caffrey, Rachel Jackson's niece. She died the next year, but Earl moved into the Hermitage and into Jackson's circle.

SOURCES:The Hermitage
Rachel Jackson Wikipedia EntryRalph E. W. Earl TN Encyclopedia Entry

Portrait of Fritza Riedler by Klimt Postcard

The painting on the postcard is a portrait of Fritza Riedler by Gustav Klimt. Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. Klimt's primary subject was the female body.

Fritza Riedler, wife of a machinery engineer, appear seating with a background of a model structure. This confusion effect of depth and emphasis of the picture is typical of Klimt. An interesting detail is the mosaic emblem, which is in the hairstyles in the paintings of Diego Velasquez. Gustav Klimt was an admirer of the Spanish painter of the 17th Century.

Portrait of Fritza Riedler Postcard

Additional Information:Portrait of Fritza Riedler (1860-1927), born Friederike Langer1906Oil on canvas152 x 134 cmÖsterreichische Galerie Belvedere

SOURCES:Gustav Klimt Wikipedia Entry
Belvedere Gustav Klimt Collection

Our Lady of the Chapel Church Postcard

The back of the postcard reads:

Bruxelles - BrusselL' Eglise Notre Dame de la ChapelleDe Onze Lieve Vrouw ter KapellekerkThe Our Lady of the Chapel ChurchDie Unsere Frau zur Kapellekirche

Church of the Chapel Postcard(PH Wish from Richard Young)

Even if the postcard said it's the Our Lady of the Chapel Church, I had hard time finding information about the painting, the artist nor the church itself. I used the Dutch name of the church for me to be able to gather information on the postcard.

The postcard shows the Church of the Chapel or Église de la Chapelle (French) or Kapellekerk (Dutch), a church situated in the Marollen/Marolles district of Brussels, Belgium. It was founded in 1134 by Godfrey I of Leuven near what were then the town ramparts, and the present structure dates from the 13th century. It has large pilasters, capitals and columns between the chapels. There are also the statues of 10 of the apostels and 2 statues of Our Lady.

SOURCE:
Kapellekerk Wikipedia Entry

The Last Supper by da Vinci Postcard

The postcard is that of the The Last Supper (Italian: Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena), a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice d'Este. It represents the scene of The Last Supper from the final days of Jesus as narrated in the Gospel of John 13:21, when Jesus announces that one of his Twelve apostles would betray him.

The Last Supper Postcard

Leonardo began work on The Last Supper in 1495 and completed it in 1498—however, he did not work on the piece continuously throughout this period. The painting can be found in the back halls of the dining hall at Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.

Additional Information:tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic460 × 880 cm, 181 × 346 in

SOURCE:The Last Supper Wikipedia Entry

Mona Lisa by da Vinci Postcard

The postcard is that of the painting Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda), a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance.

The painting is a half-length portrait and depicts a woman whose expression is often described as enigmatic. The ambiguity of the sitter's expression, the monumentality of the half-figure composition, and the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric illusionism were novel qualities that have contributed to the painting's continuing fascination.

Mona Lisa Postcard

Mona Lisa is named for Lisa del Giocondo, a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany and the wife of wealthy Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo. The painting was commissioned for their new home and to celebrate the birth of their second son, Andrea.

Additional Information:Mona Lisa (Italian: La Gioconda, French:La Joconde)Oil on poplar77 × 53 cm, 30 × 21 in

The work is owned by the French government and hangs in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France with the title Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo.

SOURCE:Mona Lisa Wikipedia Entry