Landscape in Dutch Brazil (1652)

Post, Frans (1612-1680) Landscape in Dutch Brazil 1652 Oil on canvas, 282.5 x 210.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam From 1630 the Dutch West India Company (WIC) conquers parts of Brazil and ousts the Portuguese based there. Foiling the enemy is a main…

La Virgen con el Niño (c.1670)

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) La Virgen con el Niño (Madonna and Child) c.1670 Oil on canvas, 190 x 137 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam On loan from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, May 1948. Mary, seated on the clouds, holds with both…

The Sin (1902)

Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Sin 1902 Print on paper, 41 x 33 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Compare: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944) The Sin 1901 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland    

Henri II (France)

(1519–1559) King of France (1547–1559) Henri II in Art: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II 1559–1564 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam   Born March 31 1519 Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) Died July 10 1559 Paris (France) Father François I, King of France (1494-1547) Wife (1533-1559)…

Caterina de’ Medici (France)

(1519–1589) Caterina Maria Romula di Lorenzo de’ Medici Queen consort of France (1547–1559) Queen regent of France (1560–1563) Works commissioned by her: Michelangelo (1475-1564) Disegno per una statua equestre di Enrico II 1559–1564 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam   Born April 13 1519 Firenze (Italia)…