Tag: Rotterdam

Ragazzo con cani in un paesaggio (1565-1576)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ragazzo con cani in un paesaggio (Boy with Dogs in a Landscape) 1565–1576 Oil on canvas, 99.5 x 117 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam This is the only painting by Titian in a Dutch collection. The Venetian master painted…

L’Oise à Pontoise au temps gris (1876)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) L’Oise à Pontoise au temps gris (The Oise in Pontoise in gray weather) 1876 Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 64 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Pissarro believed that ‘Everything is suitable for drawing, everything!’ He was true to…

Printemps à Vétheuil (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Printemps à Vétheuil (Spring in Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 80.5 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam In order to paint the transient effects of light as directly as possible Monet mainly worked outdoors. He had to…

Déjeuner sur l’herbe, d’après Manet, I (1962)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Déjeuner sur l’herbe, d’après Manet, I (Lunch on the Grass, after Manet, I) 1962 Colour linocut, 64 x 53 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le déjeuner sur l’herbe 1863 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Ernst, Max (1891-1976)…

Déjeuner sur l’herbe, d’après Manet, II (1962)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Déjeuner sur l’herbe, d’après Manet, II (Lunch on the Grass, after Manet, II) 1962 Colour linocut, 53 x 64 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le déjeuner sur l’herbe 1863 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     Ernst, Max (1891-1976)…

Rotterdam Ferry-Boat (1833)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rotterdam Ferry-Boat 1833 Oil on canvas, 92.3 x 122.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A passenger boat, its bright tan sails reflecting the sun, careens among choppy water with at least eight more sailboats…

Titus at His Desk (1655)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Titus at His Desk 1655 Oil on canvas, 77 x 63 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam It is possible that this is a portrait of Rembrandt‘s son Titus around the age of fourteen. Slumped over his papers,…

Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg (1634)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Haesje Jacobsdr van Cleyburg 1634 Oil on panel, 68.6 x 53.4 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Rembrandt travelled to Rotterdam to portray the brewing couple Haesje van Cleyburg and Dirck Pesser, who were part of the city’s Remonstrant…