Tag: Rembrandt

Large Landscape with Tower (c.1651)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Large Landscape with Tower c.1651 Etching and drypoint, 12.3 x 31.3 cm Petit Palais, Paris In the field of landscape, it was Rembrandt who unquestionably captured with the greatest genius the highly particular essence of the Dutch countryside. This…

Pompiers courant à un incendie (1851)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Pompiers courant à un incendie (Firefighters running to a fire) 1851 Oil on canvas, 388 x 580 cm Petit Palais, Paris The Firemen is one of Courbet’s most enigmatic large-scale works. After the death of her brother, Juliette Courbet…

Abraham dismissing Hagar and Ishmael (1640)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Abraham dismissing Hagar and Ishmael 1640 Oil on oak panel, 39 × 53.2 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London CAI.78 is signed and dated Rembrandt f. 1640, and was generally accepted as an autograph work until 1973. However, the earliest…

Faust (c.1652)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Faust c.1652 Etching, drypoint, and engraving, 20.8 × 16.03 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Compare: Rembrandt (1606-1669) A Scholar in His Study c.1652 Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia    

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Founded: 1883 Address: 4000 N Michigan Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46208, United States Website: https://collections.discovernewfields.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…

Livy

(59 BC-17 AD) Titus Livius Works: • Roman History, Books I-III (English) • The History of Rome, Books 1 to 8 (English) • The History of Rome, Books 9 to 26 (English) • The History of Rome, Books 27 to…

Ovid

(43 BC-17/18 AD) Publius Ovidius Naso Works: • Ars Amatoria; or, The Art Of Love (English) • Fasti (Latin) • Metamorfóseos o Transformaciones, Tomo 1 (Spanish) • Metamorfóseos o Transformaciones, Tomo 2 (Spanish) • Metamorfóseos o Transformaciones, Tomo 3 (Spanish) •…

Large Self-Portrait (1652)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Large Self-Portrait 1652 Oil on canvas, 112 × 81.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The self-portrait is of particular importance in Rembrandt‘s work. In total, the artist created over sixty painted self-portraits, which document not only his personal circumstances but…