Tag: Flemish

Saint Mary Magdalene (1462)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint Mary Magdalene 1462 Oil on wood, 48 x 16 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Triptych Central panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Flight into Egypt 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Left panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint John the Baptist…

Saint John the Baptist (1462)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint John the Baptist 1462 Oil on wood, 48 x 16 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Triptych Central panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Flight into Egypt 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Right panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint Mary Magdalene 1462…

The Flight into Egypt (1462)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Flight into Egypt 1462 Oil on wood, 47 x 26 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Triptych Left panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint John the Baptist 1462 Musée du Louvre, Paris     Right panel: Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Saint…

Saint Yves, patron saint of lawyers (s.d.)

Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) Saint Yves, patron saint of lawyers s.d. Gouache on two cardboard glued together, 300 x 312 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris This cartoon was designed in the mid-1640s for the eight-piece ‘Proverbs’ hanging. On September 22, 1644, Jordaens…

Air (1621)

Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) Air 1621 Oil on copper, 45 x 65 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Birds like the armillary sphere of the muse Urania, the telescope of the putto which observes the chariots of Apollo (sun) and Diana…

The Virgin and Child with two Angels (1480-1490)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) The Virgin and Child with two Angels 1480–1490 Oil on panel, 36 x 26 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The Virgin appears seated in a walled garden, an allusion to the hortus conclusus or enclosed garden, which symbolizes…

A Genoese Lady with Her Child (c.1623-1625)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) A Genoese Lady with Her Child c.1623–1625 Oil on canvas, 217.8 x 146 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This portrait was a departure from the painting style popular at this time, focusing less on a demonstrative…

The Four Rivers of Paradise (c.1615)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Four Rivers of Paradise c.1615 Oil on canvas, 208 × 283 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna According to the conventional interpretation, the four continents are depicted here as female allegoric figures paired with the gods of their…

The Betrayal of Christ (late 1650s)

Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) The Betrayal of Christ late 1650s Oil on canvas, 225.5 x 246.3 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland After the deaths of fellow Flemish painters Peter Paul Rubens in 1640 and Anthony van Dyck in 1641, Jordaens became…