Tag: London

View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam (1660)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam probably 1660 Oil on oak, 90.7 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the ultimate seventeenth-century examples of what today we might think of as a high-resolution image.…

A Man (c.1435)

Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) A Man c.1435 Oil with egg tempera on oak, 40.7 x 28.1 cm National Gallery, London This striking portrait of a man in a red hat forms a pair with Campin’s A Woman – the sitters were clearly husband…

A Woman (c.1435)

Campin, Robert (c.1378-1444) A Woman c.1435 Oil with egg tempera on oak, 40.6 x 28.1 cm National Gallery, London This striking portrait of a woman forms a pair with Campin’s portrait A Man: the sitters were clearly married. We don’t know…

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…

V. Gordon Childe

(1892–1957) Vere Gordon Childe     Born April 14 1892 Sydney (Australia) Died October 19 1957 Blackheath (Australia) Cause of death Suicide Occupation Archaeologist Librarian Occupation Philologist Writer

Vincenzo Bellini

(1801–1835) Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini Works: • Il pirata (1827) • La sonnambula (1831) • Norma (1833) • I puritani (1835) Born November 3 1801 Catania (Italia) Died September 23 1835 Puteaux (France) Buried (1835-1876) Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Paris) Buried…

Eugène Delacroix (1858)

Nadar (1820-1910) Eugène Delacroix 1858 Albumen carte-de-visite, 84 mm x 55 mm National Portrait Gallery, London See also: • Delacroix, Eugène (1798-1863)

Ludovico Ariosto (c.1510)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ludovico Ariosto (or Gerolamo (?) Barbarigo) c.1510 Oil on canvas, 81.2 x 66.3 cm National Gallery, London Titian painted portraits more frequently than any other type of picture and he painted them throughout his long career. This is one of…

Charity (c.1627-1628)

Van Dyck, Anthony (1599-1641) Charity c.1627–1628 Oil on oak, 148.2 x 107.5 cm National Gallery, London In his first letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul outlines the importance of faith, hope and charity, naming charity as the greatest of the three.…