Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Couple (Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen) c.1622 Oil on canvas, 140 x 166.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This happy, smiling pair sits comfortably close to each other. Posing a couple together in…
Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) La lecture (The Reading) c.1857 Oil on panel, 27 x 35 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Egyptian Widow 1872 Oil on panel, 74.9 × 99.1 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The Frisian artist Alma-Tadema was a great success in England, where he was even knighted. His representations of ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman scenes made…
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) The Death of the Pharaoh’s Firstborn Son 1872 Oil on canvas, 77 × 124 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam In this scene from the biblical book of Exodus, Moses and Aaron (upper right) visit the pharaoh, who is mourning his…
Post, Frans (1612-1680) Plantation Settlement in Brazil 1656 Oil on panel, 36.9 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection This panoramic view of a plantation settlement in Brazil was recollected by Frans Post one dozen years after he had…
Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) Self Portrait aged 24 1639 Oil on oak, 65.8 × 54.4 cm National Gallery, London Rembrandt was an exacting teacher as well as a great artist – at least, he knew how to school the apprentices who came…
Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944) Windmill c.1917 Oil on canvas, 100.33 × 95.25 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Even in his own lifetime, Piet Mondrian was lauded as the founder of the most modern, avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. Nevertheless, before…
Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944) Apple Tree, Pointillist Version 1908–1909 Oil on composition board, 56.83 × 74.93 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This tree is composed of radiating branches of intense color and slashing lines. For Mondrian, the precise depiction of a specific…
Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944) Young Tree Grove Amidst Water Reflections 1902–1905 Watercolor on paper, 30.321 x 39.7 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Mondrian, Piet (1872-1944) Composition with Large Blue Plane, Red, Black, Yellow, and Gray 1921 Oil on canvas, 60.33 × 49.85 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Mondrian‘s mature works embody his search for the visual expression of universal principles. He went from…