Soutine, Chaïm (1893-1943) Le Pâtissier (The Pastry Chef, Baker Boy) c.1919 Oil on canvas, 66 x 51 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia When Albert Barnes first visited Chaim Soutine‘s Paris studio in 1922, the struggling artist was known only in the city’s…
Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925) Portrait of Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland 1904 Oil on canvas, 254 x 146 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid John Singer Sargent lived in Paris until 1886. He studied with the painter Carolus Duran and made friends with a…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Man early 1650s Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 86.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this canvas of the early 1650s, the figure’s pose follows a pattern Hals employed twenty years earlier, but here…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Merrymakers at Shrovetide c.1616–1617 Oil on canvas, 131.4 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Shrovetide, now better known as Mardi Gras, is the traditional period of indulgence before the fasting and self-discipline of Lent. In the…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Young Man and Woman in an Inn 1623 Oil on canvas, 105.4 x 79.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painted with the characteristically bold brushwork that Hals had learned from Flemish painting, this picture provides a…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Library Interior with Still Life 1711–1712 Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 57.2 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Compare: Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Corner of a Library 1711 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Room Corner…
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Townscape c.1670 Oil on panel, 35.2 x 41.6 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) Bull in a City Street c.1670 Oil on canvas, 31.4 × 40.3 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Oude Delft Canal, Delft c.1660 Oil on cradled plywood panel, transferred from oak panel, 55.2 × 70.8 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Delft (Netherlands)
Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) The Huis ten Bosch at The Hague and Its Formal Garden (View from the East) c.1668–1670 Oil on wood, 39.1 x 54.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Both an artist and an inventor (among other…