SIR PETER LELY Diana Kirke, later Countess of Oxford (1665-70) Oil on canvas (135 x 108 cm) Yale Center for British Art, Yale, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The portrait of Diana Kirke is one of Lely's most sensuous and beautiful. It exemplifies his lush …
Author: claudius1889
I am interested in European art from the XVI to the XIX centuries. The purpose of this blog is to contact like-minded persons, to share the fruit of my studies with them and exchange information and knowledge.
Saint Gines
LUISA IGNACIA ROLDÁN (1652-1706) San Ginés de La Jara (1692) Wood, painted and gilded. Height: 176 cm Paul J. Getty Museum, Los Angeles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it on a new tab Luisa Roldán (better known as La Roldana) was the first Spanish female sculptor on record and one of …
The Lamentation
ADRIAEN VAN DER WERFF (1659-1722) The Lamentation (1685) Oil on copper 63 x 51 cm Mr Frederick Ruskin´s collection, on loan to the Phoenix Art Museum, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Adriaen van der Werff was schooled in the fijnschilder (1) tradition of Gerrard Dou (1613-1675) …
The Travelling Earl
ANTON VAN DYCK (1599-1641) Portrait of the Earl of Denbigh (1633-34) Oil on canvas 247 x 148 cm The National Gallery, London To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" William Feilding (c.1582-1643), first Earl of Denbigh, was very well-connected. In 1607 he married the sister of George Villiers, soon …
Jacob van Reygersberg
ROMBOUT VERHULST (1624-1698) Bust of Jacob van Reygersberg (1671) Marble: Height: 63 cm - Width: 57 - Depth: 33 cm Paul J. Getty Museum, Los Angeles To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Rombout Verhulst was one of the finest Flemish sculptors of the XVIIth century. Born in Malines, …
The Villa of Maecenas
CLAUDE-JOSEPH VERNET (1714-1789) The Waterfalls near Tivoli and the Villa of Maecenas Oil on canvas 101 x 138 cm Mauritshuis, The Hague To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The painting was described in the sale catalogue of 1763 as a view near the town of Narni and was …
Madame Adelaide
ADELAIDE LABILLE-GUIARD (1749-1803) Portrait of Madame Adelaide de France (1787) Oil on canvas 271 x 194 cm Chateau de Versailles To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Adélaide Labille was born in Paris, the youngest of eight children. Her father was a haberdasher who owned a shop named A la …
Augustin Pajou
ADELAIDE LABILLE-GUIARD (1749-1803) Portrait of the sculptor Augustin Pajou (1783) Pastel on paper: 72 x 63 cm Musée du Louvre Adélaide Labille was born in Paris, the youngest of eight children. Her father was a haberdasher who owned a shop named A la Toilette; by a curious coincidence, the future Madame du Barry worked in …
A mysterious Gentleman
FRANCOIS-ANDRE VINCENT (1746-1816) Portrait of a gentleman (maybe Monsieur Baillon) Oil on canvas 117 x 89,5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" It gives me a great deal of pleasure to rescue a fine artist from oblivion. This is the case of François-André Vincent, who …
Harbour Views
CHARLES FRANCOIS LACROIX (LACROIX DE MARSEILLE) (c.1700-1782) Port Scene (1764) Ship Running Aground (1764) Oil on copper 23 x 30,5 cm Private collection Little is known about the artist's early life or when he exactly arrived in Italy, as he is not recorded until 1750 when the marquis de Vandieres met him in Rome. A …
Old Masters 