PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) Portrait of Gaspard Schoppius (c. 1604-05) Oil on canvas (116 x 88 cm) Palazzo Pitti, Florence To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" This portrait has only recently received acceptance as an early work by Rubens, and this attribution, together with the painting's resemblance to an …
Month: April 2018
The Death of Seneca
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) The Death of Seneca (c. 1516) Oil on canvas (181 x 120 cm) Museo del Prado, Madrid To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" This painting is a simplified version of a striking picture now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, a work in which …
Portrait of a Knight of Malta
CARAVAGGIO (1571-1610) Portrait of a Knight of Malta (c. 1608) Oil on canvas (118 x 95 cm) Palazzo Pitti, Florence To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" The Portrait of a Knight of Malta is one of the works that the Italian scholar Mina Gregori has convincingly identified as …
Portrait of a Young Knight
LUDOVICO CARDI (known as IL CIGOLI) 1559-1613 Portrait of a Young Knight (1594) Oil on canvas (78 x 62 cm) Palazzo Pitti, Florence The Florentine artist Ludovico Cardi, better known as Il Cigoli was a pupil of the late Mannerist painter Alessandro Allori (1535-1607) and of the architect Bernardo Buontalenti (1536-1608). He was born in …
Rubens’ Self-Portrait
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) Self-Portrait (1622) Oil on canvas (80 x 60 cm) Australian National Gallery, Canberra To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" This self-portrait was painted by Rubens in 1622 as a present for his friend, the lawyer and collector Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresec (1580-1637). Rubens did …
The Resurrection
TINTORETTO (1518-1594) The Resurrection (c. 1565-70) Oil on canvas (201 x 139 cm) Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" Few painters have treated the resurrection of Christ more dramatically than Jacopo Robusti better known as Tintoretto. In the most famous painting of the subject, …
Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel
PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel (c. 1629) Oil on canvas (67 x 54 cm) National Gallery, London To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" Within the different genres covered by the Old Masters, portraiture is my favourite. In the hands of its finest practitioners …
St. Lawrence Church, Rotterdam
ANTHONIE DE LORME (c.1610-1673) Interior of the St. Laurenskerk, Rotterdam (1660-65) Oil on canvas (87 x 74 cm) National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, the "Open in a new tab" The following text belongs to the entry written by Brian P. Kennedy, Assistant Director, National Gallery of Ireland, for the …
Saint Peter and the Angel
JOSE ANTOLINEZ (1635-75) The Liberation of St. Peter (c.1670) Oil on canvas (167 x 128 cm) National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin To enlarge the picture, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" The following text belongs to the entry written by Adrian Le Harivel, Curator, National Gallery of Ireland, for the catalogue of …
The Ferry Boat
JAN LAGOOR (Active in Haarlem 1645-1671) ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE (1636-1672) The Ferry Boat (c.1665) Oil on canvas (88 x 80 cm) National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin To enlarge the image, right-click on it, then "Open in a new tab" The following text belongs to the entry written by Brian P. Kennedy, Assistant Director, National Gallery …
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