Tag: England

Ecce Homo (1634)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Ecce Homo 1634 Oil on paper mounted onto canvas, 54.5 x 44.5 cm National Gallery, London ‘Ecce Homo’, the Latin title of this painting, is taken from the Bible, and means ‘Behold the man!’ These were the words…

Belshazzar’s Feast (c.1636-1638)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Belshazzar’s Feast c.1636–1638 Oil on canvas, 167.6 x 209.2 cm National Gallery, London Belshazzar’s Feast was painted somewhere between 1636 and 1638, when Rembrandt was about 30 years old. He had to make his way in Amsterdam, a…

A Bearded Man in a Cap (late 1650s)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Bearded Man in a Cap late 1650s Oil on canvas, 78 x 66.7 cm National Gallery, London This melancholy image of an old man lost in thought is one of a group of studies made by Rembrandt…

Anna and the Blind Tobit (c.1630)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Anna and the Blind Tobit c.1630 Oil on oak, 63.8 x 47.7 cm National Gallery, London Even as a young man, Rembrandt was interested in the depiction of old age and aged people. He painted them as if…

Portrait of Aechje Claesdr (1634)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Aechje Claesdr 1634 Oil on oak, 71.1 x 55.9 cm National Gallery, London The optical illusion created by this painting, is a powerful one. Rembrandt has used contrasts between light and dark – for example, the…

Titus, the Artist’s Son (c.1657)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Titus, the Artist’s Son c.1657 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 57.3 cm Wallace Collection, London Titus van Rijn (1641-68) was the only one of Rembrandt’s four children by his first wife Saskia to survive infancy. A portrait of…

Pont de Charing Cross (c.1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Pont de Charing Cross dit aussi Pont de Westminster (Charing Cross Bridge, also known as Westminster Bridge) c.1906 Oil on canvas, 81 x 100.6 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris At the 1905 Salon d’automne, Derain shared the same…

Esquisse pour ‘Le vieux pont à Cagnes’ (1910)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Esquisse pour ‘Le vieux pont à Cagnes’ (Sketch for ‘The Old Bridge at Cagnes’) 1910 Graphite and watercolour on paper, 19.7 x 22.2 cm Tate Britain, London This drawing dates from a period in which Derain had moved…