Tag: Flemish

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 Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist c.1470–1475 National Gallery of Art, Washington Portrait of…

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”)…

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c.1640)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ c.1640 Oil on canvas, 115.5 × 207.5 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Christ’s dead body is laid out across the entrance to a cave, his head resting on Mary’s…

Isabella Brant (1621)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Isabella Brant 1621 Oil on canvas, 153 x 120 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Antwerp master Peter Paul Rubens, whom she married shortly after his return from Italy…