Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Garden of Eden c.1610–1612 Oil on panel, 59.4 x 95.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Colección Carmen Thyssen Brueghel was born into a famous dynasty of artists and, together with Rubens, he was generally regarded as…
Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Pieter Brueghel s.d. Engraving, 25.6 x 16.4 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Inscription: under the square line, “PETRUS BREVGEL/ANTVERPIAE PICTOR RVRALIVM ACTIONUM”. Bottom left: “Ant. V See also: • Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (1564-1638)
Van der Weyden, Rogier (c.1399-1464) Braque Triptych c.1452 Oil on wood, 41 x 68 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Closed: Left panel: Saint John the Baptist Central panel: Virgin Mary, Jesus and St John the Evangelist Right panel: St Mary Magdalene…
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…
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…
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…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) The Rainbow Landscape c.1636 Oil on oak panel, 135.6 x 235 cm Wallace Collection, London
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…
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…
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…