Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV, orante (Philip IV in prayer) c.1655 Oil on canvas, 209 x 147 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This pair of portraits (P001220 and P001222) combines several aspects of Spanish portraiture of the Baroque period. In…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV (Philip IV) c.1653 Oil on canvas, 69.3 x 56.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This image can be identified as that of a king and as a portrait of Philip IV on the basis of…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV (Philip IV) 1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 57 x 44 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is an extraordinary example of the eventful life of many royal portraits during the Siglo de Oro, and it shows…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV (Philip IV) 1623 Oil on canvas, 198 x 101.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid We see King Philip IV of Spain (r. 1621-1665) when he was around twenty years old in an austere image filled…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp 1632 Oil on canvas, 169.5 x 216.5 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague See also: • Tulp, Nicolaes (1593-1674)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Maria Bockenolle, Wife of Johannes Elison 1634 Oil on canvas, 174.9 x 124.1 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See also: • Bockenolle, Maria | Elison, Johannes
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Reverend Johannes Elison 1634 Oil on canvas, 174 x 124.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston See also: • Elison, Johannes
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip 1661 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 63.8 cm National Gallery, London Margaretha de Geer was married to Jacob Trip – an extremely wealthy merchant and arms dealer – for…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Margaretha de Geer, Wife of Jacob Trip c.1661 Oil on canvas, 130.5 x 97.5 cm National Gallery, London Margaretha de Geer was the wife of Jacob Trip and their two portraits were made to hang together,…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of Aechje Claesdr 1634 Oil on oak, 71.1 x 55.9 cm National Gallery, London The optical illusion created by this painting, is a powerful one. Rembrandt has used contrasts between light and dark – for example, the…