Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Portrait of a Young Woman with a Feathered Hat 17th century Oil on panel, 129 cm x 78.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
Portrait of a Young Woman with a Feathered Hat
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Edward VI as a Child (probably 1538)
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Edward VI as a Child probably 1538 Oil on panel, 56.8 x 44 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Inscription: PARVVLE PATRISSA, PATRIÆ VIRTVTIS ET HÆRES / ESTO, NIHIL MAIVS MAXIMVS ORBIS HABET. / GNATVM…
L’Acteur tragique (1866)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) L’Acteur tragique, Rouvière dans le rôle d’Hamlet (The Tragic Actor, Rouvière as Hamlet) 1866 Oil on canvas, 187.2 x 108.1 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A bearded man with light skin, wearing a black costume and…
Bust of a Man in Oriental Dress (1633)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bust of a Man in Oriental Dress 1633 Oil on oak, 85.8 x 63.8 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Paintings of individual figures in Holland in the seventeenth century that were neither portraits nor history paintings are called tronies…
The Raising of the Cross (c.1633)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Raising of the Cross c.1633 Oil on canvas, 96.2 x 72.2 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The so-called ‘Passion Cycle’ was painted for the stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince Frederik Hendrik of Orange. The six…
Old Man with a Gold Chain (1631)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Old Man with a Gold Chain 1631 Oil on panel, 83.1 x 75.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This evocative character study is an early example of a type of subject that preoccupied the great Dutch master…
The Woman taken in Adultery (1644)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Woman taken in Adultery 1644 Oil on oak, 83.8 x 65.4 cm National Gallery, London A woman kneels and weeps. Darkness like a great cavern surrounds her. A shaft of light picks her out on the stone…
Portrait of Frederick Rihel on Horseback (c.1663)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Frederick Rihel on Horseback c.1663 Oil on canvas, 294.5 x 241 cm National Gallery, London This life-size portrait of a man on a rearing horse is an extremely unusual painting. It is one of the largest…
Still Life with Peacocks (c.1639)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Still Life with Peacocks c.1639 Oil on canvas, 145 x 135.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In Rembrandt’s time, peacocks were eaten by the well-to-do: the meat was incorporated into meat pies, among other dishes. Immediately after being killed, the…
Musical Company (1626)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Musical Company 1626 Oil on panel, 63.5 x 48 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The subject of this painting is a mystery: is it an exhortation to praise God through singing and string music, or a scene of seduction with…