Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Ritratto di Eleonora di Toledo, Duchessa di Firenze c.1560 Fresco Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze Inspired in: Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo e il figlio Francesco c.1549 Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale, Pisa See also:…
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Don Giovanni e Don Garzia de’ Medici 1556–1558 Fresco, 70 x 90 cm Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze See also: • Medici, Garzia de’ (1547-1562) | Medici, Giovanni di Cosimo I de’ (1543-1562)
Rembrandt (1606-1669) & Studio A Young Man with a Chain c.1629 or 1632 Oil on wood, 57.8 x 43.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This painting is an example of a tronie, a Dutch word meaning “head” or “facial…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) & Studio Portrait of a Woman 1635 or earlier Oil on wood, 77.5 x 64.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland At the age of 25, Rembrandt moved from his hometown of Leiden to the bustling city of…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Gold Chain 1634 Oil on panel, 69.5 x 53 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston As a young painter newly arrived in Amsterdam, Rembrandt rapidly gained fame for his stylish portraits of…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man Wearing a Black Hat 1634 Oil on panel, 69.9 x 53 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Even early in his career, Rembrandt was surrounded by a circle of students and followers. Many imitated…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Self-portrait, bare head 1633 Oil on panel, 60 x 47 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris The gorget, quite common in Rembrandt‘s self-portraits, worn by the artist under his clothing, contributes to his taste for disguises (here as a…
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…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Woman 1633 Oil on wood, 67.9 x 50.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The sitter’s identity is unknown, as in many Rembrandt portraits of the 1630s. During that decade in Amsterdam the painter was…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Portrait of a Man 1632 Oil on wood, 75.6 x 52.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted just after Rembrandt’s arrival in Amsterdam, this well-preserved portrait reveals the talent that enabled the young artist to quickly make…