Tag: Flemish

A Young Man at Prayer (c.1475)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) A Young Man at Prayer c.1475 Oil on oak, 39 x 25.4 cm National Gallery, London A pale young man, hands folded in prayer, is engaged in private devotions. The book is presumably a prayer book or a Book…

Virgin and Child (c.1475)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475 Oil on oak, 37.9 x 28 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin Mary, bareheaded and richly dressed, holds the naked Christ Child, who rests on a white cushion on a ledge of purple-grey veined…

Hans Memling

(c.1430–1494) The artist’s works: Saint John the Baptist 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris Saint Mary Magdalene 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris The Flight into Egypt 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris The Annunciation c.1465–1470 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Chalice of Saint John the…

Ritratto di Galileo Galilei (1635)

Sustermans, Justus (1597-1681) Ritratto di Galileo Galilei (Portrait of Galileo Galilei) 1635 Oil on canvas, 56 x 48 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze The portrait of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) is one of Sustermans’ most famous works. It was commissioned by Elia…

Justus Sustermans

(1597–1681) Joost Sustermans or Suttermans The artist’s works: Portrait of a Lady c.1635–1645 Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Ritratto di Galileo Galilei 1635 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Sustermans in Art: Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Portrait of Justus Sustermans 1630–1632 and 1645–1646 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam…

Venus Frigida (1614)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida (Cold Venus) 1614 Oil on panel, 143 x 184 x 3.8 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp The title refers to Terence: “sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (“without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes”)…