Tag: Art

Mauritshuis (The Hague)

Established: 1822 Location: Korte Vijverberg 8, 2513 AB Den Haag Website: https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See…

Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Edinburgh)

Opened: 1890 Location: 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JD Website: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-portrait-gallery Collection: • Raffaello (1483-1520): Studio per la ‘Madonna del Pesce’ (c.1512-14) See also: • Edinburgh (Scotland) | Museums | National Galleries of Scotland

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Edinburgh)

Opened: 1960 Location: 75 Belford Rd, Edinburgh EH4 3DR Website: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery-modern-art Collection: • Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943): Le mas passe-temps, Céret (c.1920-21) See also: • Edinburgh (Scotland) | Museums | National Galleries of Scotland

Scottish National Gallery (Edinburgh)

Opened: 1859 Location: The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL Website: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery Collection: • Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530): Domenico di Jacopo di Matteo (c.1528-30) • Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557): Madonna col Bambino e santi (c.1505) • Tiziano (c.1488-1576): Le tre età dell’uomo (1512-14) • Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675):…

National Galleries of Scotland (Edinburgh)

Headquarters: 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR Website: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/ • Scottish National Gallery: The Mound, Edinburgh EH2 2EL • Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art: 75 Belford Rd, Edinburgh EH4 3DR • Scottish National Portrait Gallery: 1 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JD See also: • Edinburgh (Scotland)…

The Little Street (c.1658)

Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Little Street (Het Straatje, Delft) c.1658 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 44 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This is an unusual painting in Vermeer’s oeuvre, and remarkable for its time as a portrait of ordinary houses. The composition is…

Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)

Founded: 1798 in The Hague Moved to Amsterdam in 1808 Address: Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands Website: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Nature morte au bouquet (1871)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Nature morte au bouquet (Still Life with Bouquet) 1871 Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 59.1 × 3.2 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston “Painting is done to decorate walls. So it should be as rich as possible. For me…

La promenade (1870)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La promenade (The Walk) 1870 Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 64.8 cm Getty Center, Los Angeles What Pierre-Auguste Renoir himself titled this painting is unknown, but La Promenade is in part an homage to earlier artists whom he greatly…