Tag: Netherlands

Bellona (1633)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Bellona 1633 Oil on canvas, 127 x 97.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Typical of Rembrandt’s domestication of ancient myth, this depiction of the Roman goddess of war may have reflected the Dutch readiness for conflict during…

Aristotle and Bust of Homer (1653)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Aristotle and Bust of Homer 1653 Oil on canvas, 143.5 x 136.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Among The Met’s most celebrated works of art, this painting conveys Rembrandt’s meditation on the meaning of fame. The richly…

Judith at the banquet of Holofernes (1634)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Judith at the banquet of Holofernes 1634 Oil on canvas, 143 x 154.7 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In the past various authors have expressed their scepticism about the attribution of the painting to Rembrandt. However, the Rembrandt Research…

Flora (c.1654)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Flora c.1654 Oil on canvas, 100 x 91.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Unlike many of his ambitious contemporaries, Rembrandt never traveled to Italy. Nonetheless, Italian art had a profound effect on him; in this depiction of…

Green Wheat Fields, Auvers (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Green Wheat Fields, Auvers 1890 Oil on canvas, 72.39 x 91.44 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) is one of the most popular and universally recognized artists of all time. A remarkably…

Shoes (1888)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Shoes (F 461, JH 1569) 1888 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 55.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Van Gogh painted several still lifes of shoes or boots during his Paris period. This picture, painted…

Irises (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Irises (F 680, JH 1978) 1890 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In May 1890, just before he checked himself out of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh painted…

Wheat Field with Cypresses (1889)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Wheat Field with Cypresses (F 717, JH 1756) 1889 Oil on canvas 73.2 x 93.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Cypresses gained ground in Van Gogh’s work by late June 1889 when he resolved…