ANTON VON MARON (1713-1808) Portrait of Sir Robert Clive (1766) Oil on canvas 150 x 120 cm Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Roma To enlarge the images, right-click on them and "Open in a new tab" The first picture was scanned by me from the book "Settecento: L´Europe a Rome", catalogue of the exhibition …
Gerard Meerman
JEAN-BAPTISTE PERRONEAU (1715-1783) Portrait of Gerard Meerman (c.1761) Pastel on paper 88 x 68 cm Museo Meermanno-Westreenianum, The Hague To enlarge the image right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" In the 1750s, two of the best portrait painters of the XVIIIth century; Jean-Baptiste Perroneau and the Swiss Jean-Etienne Liotard came to the …
The Abduction of Europa
CLAUDE LORRAIN (1600-1682) Landscape with the Abduction of Europa (1647) Oil on canvas: 96 x 167 cm Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" This painting is usually called "The Rape of Europa"; however, since the word rape in the English language has …
“Vanitas” by Largilliere
NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERE (1656-1746) Vanitas (1677) Oil on canvas 74 x 61 cm Stichting Hannema-de Stuers Foundation, Heino, The Netherlands To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Nicolas de Largillière (or Largillierre) was born in Paris but his family moved to Antwerp in 1659. At an early age, he …
Allegory of Arithmetic
LAURENT DE LA HYRE (1606-1656) Allegory of Arithmetic (1650) Oil on canvas 103 x 109 cm Stichting Hannema-de Stuers Foundation, Heino, The Netherlands To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Laurent de La Hyre was a pupil of Jean Baptiste Lallemand, although the strongest influence in his formation was …
Maria Josepha of Saxony
JEAN-MARTIAL FREDOU (1710-1795) Portrait of Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1760) Oil on canvas 64 x 54 cm Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam To enlarge the image, right-click on it and "open in a new tab" Unfortunately, we do not know who was creator of this beautiful portrait is, according to the records of …
A Double Portrait
JEAN BAPTISTE DE CHAMPAIGNE (1631-1681) NICOLAS DE PLATTEMONTAGNE (1631-1706) Double portrait of the artists (1654) Oil on canvas 132 x 185 cm Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" The drawing board on the left announces that Nicolas de Plattemontagne painted the portrait, presumably referring …
Allegory of Painting
FRANS VAN MIERIS I (1635-1681) Allegory of Painting (1661) Oil on copper 12,5 x 8,5 cm The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles To enlarge the image, right-click on it and open it in a new tab Frans van Mieris I was a leading member of the fijnschilders (fine painters), a group of artists active …
Husband and Wife
GODFRIED SCHALCKEN (1643-1706) Self-portrait (1679) Portrait of the Artist's Wife (1679) Oil on copper, 41,5 x 30,5 cm Prince of Lichtenstein's Collection, Vaduz To enlarge the pictures, right-click on them and "Open in a new tab" (*) (*) The images have been kindly provided by the Princely Collections of the House of Liechtenstein. I recommend …
Lady in a Pink Dress
ALLAN RAMSAY (1713-1784) A Lady in a Pink Silk Dress (c.1762) Oil on canvas (76 x 64 cm) Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA Allan Ramsay's portrait of a young woman leaning pensively on a parapet and looking wistfully out at the viewer is one of his most striking and moving works. Combining a …
Old Masters 