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…
(1872–1944) Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan The artist’s works: Young Tree Grove Amidst Water Reflections 1902–1905 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Willow Grove: Impression of Light and Shadow c.1905 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Apple Tree, Pointillist Version 1908–1909 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The…
(1836–1912) Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, OM, RA The artist’s works: Mary Magdalene 1854 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Cleopatra at Philae c.1855–1912 Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Education of the Children of Clovis 1861 Private collection An Egyptian in a Doorway 1865 Metropolitan Museum of…
(1612–1680) Frans Janszoon Post The artist’s works: The Old Portuguese Fort of the Three Kings 1638 Musée du Louvre, Paris A Brazilian Landscape 1650 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Brazilian Landscape 1650s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Landscape in Dutch Brazil 1652 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Head of a Peasant Woman 1884 Oil on canvas, 43.8 x 34.6 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Vincent van Gogh always felt deep sympathy for the peasant classes and here tenderly depicted the full, sunburnt features…
(c.1582–1666) Frans Hals the Elder The artist’s works: Merrymakers at Shrovetide c.1616–1617 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Portrait of a Couple c.1622 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Jester with a Lute c.1623–1624 Musée du Louvre, Paris Young Man and Woman in an Inn 1623 Metropolitan…
(1637–1712) The artist’s works: Street in Cologne first half of the 1600s Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg A View in Cologne c.1660–1665 National Gallery, London The Stone Bridge c.1660–1672 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam View of the Oude Delft Canal c.1660 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit View of the…
(1599–1641) Antoon van Dyck Anthonie Vandyke The artist’s works: Portrait of a Married Couple c.1617–1618 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem c.1617 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Betrayal of Christ c.1618–1620 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis Mucius…
(c.1450–1516) Jeroen van Aken The artist’s works: The Adoration of the Magi c.1475 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Death and the Miser c.1485–1490 National Gallery of Art, Washington Adoration of the Magi c.1494 Museo del Prado, Madrid Child with Pinwheel and Toddler’s…
Benedictus de Spinoza (1632–1677) Works: • A Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 1 (English) • A Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 2 (English) • A Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 3 (English) • A Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 4 (English) • Ethica (Dutch) • Ethics (English) •…