The work is a three-quarter length portrait of Johanna Martens (1599—1639), the wife of Antonie van Hilten (1586—1670), Secretary of State of Utrecht (dignified by...
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The sitter is likely the 20-year-old Maria Trip. She hailed from an extremely wealthy family involved in the arms trade. Here, she displays her affluence in full...
‘Portrait of a Man’, now confirmed to be the Haarlem trader Issac Massa, was originally painted as oil on canvas and was collected by either the 2nd or 3rd Duke of...
Philips Lucaszoon was a senior official with the Dutch East India Company. He had returned to the Netherlands in 1633. Rembrandt (1606—1669) painted this portrait...
In the 1630s, Thomas de Keyser was the most fashionable portrait painter in Amsterdam, and his work was popular with the middle and upper classes of that city. As one of...
The regentesses Clara Abba, Elisabeth van Duynen, and Agatha Munter administered Amsterdam’s leper house, a charitable institution. Dutch painter Ferdinand Bol...
Rembrandt painted Oopjen Coppit (1611—1689), the wife of Maerten Soolmans (see the post from 8th December), when she was pregnant with her first child at the age of 23....
Isabella Brant was the first wife of the Antwerp master Peter Paul Rubens, whom she married shortly after his return from Italy in 1609. Just before Anthony van Dyck,...
This type of ruff collar was known as a millstone in the Netherlands. It was made by folding and starching thin gauge. The maintenance and starching of collars was done...
One of the greatest 17th-century Dutch artists, Frans Hals (1582/84—1666) painted some of the most memorable works of the period. His quick painting technique earned him...
Marie Larp is shown seated in an upright position within a fictive oval frame, looking directly at the viewer. The stark black and white of her costume might suggest...
At the age of 25, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606—1669) moved from his hometown of Leiden to the bustling city of Amsterdam. Within a few years he had become one of the city’s...
Amalia van Solms (1602—1675) was a German noblewoman who became the Princess of Orange and consort of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, significantly shaping Dutch...
By 1624 Nicolaes Eliasz. Pickenoy (1588—1650/1656) was one of the most remarkable and sought-after portraitists in Amsterdam, a stature he retained until the arrival of...
The portraits of Maerten Soolmans and his wife Oopjen Coppit (I’ll post separately), two masterpieces painted in 1634, when Rembrandt was just 28 years old, have been...
In 1662 the fabulously wealthy Trip family moved into the stateliest private residence in all of Amsterdam. Hanging above a mantelpiece in one of the private rooms was...
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” — Allen Saunders. Pieter Faes, Still life of roses, tulips, carnations and other flowers in an urn on a...
“Love me when I deserve it the least, because that’s when I need it the most.” — Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BC). Jan Frans van Dael, A Vase of Flowers on the Ledge, c....
Dutch painter Cornelis van Spaendonck (1756—1840) trained under his brother Gerard in Paris and worked at the Sèvres porcelain works for over twenty years. A member of...
This painting was formerly owned by Frans C. Butôt, urbane Dutch tobacco merchant and collector of Dutch and Flemish ‘petit maîtres’. Hendrick van Streeck (1659—1720)...
Flemish artist Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626—1679) painted this garland of roses in minute detail, and his attention to the intricacies of this sumptuous bouquet...
Cornelis Kick (1635—1681) was a Dutch painter of still lifes, portraits and genre scenes. He began his career by following in his father’s footsteps and painting...
Eelke Jelles Eelkema (1788—1839) was a Dutch painter of landscapes, flowers, and fruit. Born in Leeuwarden. Worked in Leeuwarden, Haarlem, London, Paris and Amsterdam....
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Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten (1630—1700) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman from North-Holland. Although he started his career in Haarlem, he spent most of...
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1668, State Hermitage Museum @hermitage_museum
A lunch box, inspired by Bosch’s ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’, one of the most mysterious painter in the art history. Enjoy the food at the Café Bar after a digital art...
Jan Weenix (c. 1641?–1719) was a celebrated Amsterdam still-life painter. Likely destined for a townhouse, this decorative painting evokes the bounty of the hunt on a...
Dutch 17th century painter Karel du Jardin or Dujardin (1626—1678) painted religious and history paintings, genre scenes, portraits, as well as landscapes and...
Antwerpen-born artist Martin Verstappen (1773—1853) came to Rome in 1804 and, ten years later became one on the most popular landscape painters. He stayed in Italy till...
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