Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Jester with a Lute c.1623–1624 Oil on canvas, 70 x 62 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The title of Bouffon (it dates back at least to 1921) refers to the world of theater (stripes of costume) and the genre…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Gypsy Girl (La Bohémienne) c.1626 Oil on canvas, 58 x 52 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The title of “Bohemian”, inseparable from the fame of the painting, was given to her upon her entry into the Louvre (cat. Reiset).…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Woman c.1648 Oil on canvas, 108 x 80 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Dated around 1648 and perhaps, according to Grimm, a work by Jan Hals, in comparison with the latter’s Portrait of a Lady,…
(c.1582–1666) Frans Hals the Elder The artist’s works: Merrymakers at Shrovetide c.1616–1617 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Portrait of a Couple c.1622 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Jester with a Lute c.1623–1624 Musée du Louvre, Paris Young Man and Woman in an Inn 1623 Metropolitan…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) The Allegory of Constancy c.1685 Oil on canvas, 126 x 123 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest The painter and significant art theorist was greatly influenced by the French neoclassicists, which later earned him the nickname of…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Library Interior with Still Life 1711–1712 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 57.2 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Compare: Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Corner of a Library 1711 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Room Corner…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Townscape c.1670 Oil on panel, 35.2 x 41.6 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Bull in a City Street c.1670 Oil on canvas, 31.4 × 40.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Oude Delft Canal, Delft c.1660 Oil on cradled plywood panel, transferred from oak panel, 55.2 × 70.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Delft (Netherlands)
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) The Huis ten Bosch at The Hague and Its Formal Garden (View from the East) c.1668–1670 Oil on wood, 39.1 x 54.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Both an artist and an inventor (among other…