Tag: Netherlands

Autoportrait à l’ami Vincent (1888)

Laval, Charles (1861-1894) Autoportrait à l’ami Vincent (Self-Portrait to my friend Vincent) 1888 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 60.4 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Charles Laval sent this self-portrait to Van Gogh, who was immediately enthusiastic. To his brother Theo he…

Self portrait with Saskia (1636)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self portrait with Saskia 1636 Etching, 10.4 x 9.5 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Rembrandt painted, etched, and drew more than seventy-five self-portraits. A few of these include his first wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, whom he married in…

Seated Youth (s.d.)

Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Seated Youth s.d. Black chalk, heightened with white, 39.5 x 26.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton

Maisons à Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Maisons à Auvers (Houses at Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo “Auvers is very beautiful, among other things a lot of old thatched roofs, which are getting rare…for really it…

Wheat Fields with Reaper, Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Wheat Fields with Reaper, Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 73.6 x 93 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Though inspired by the observation of his immediate surroundings, Van Gogh was not interested in mimicking what he saw.…

St. Martin (s.d.)

Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) St. Martin s.d. Engraving, 33.1 x 41.8 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton

Pluie, Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Pluie, Auvers (Rain, Auvers) 1890 Oil on canvas, 50.3 x 100.2 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff The atmosphere recalls one of Van Gogh‘s favourite poems, Longfellow‘s ‘The Rainy Day’: ‘My life is cold, and dark, and dreary;…

Prose (1879)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Prose 1879 Oil on wood panel National Museum Wales, Cardiff Pair: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Poetry 1879 National Museum Wales, Cardiff