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 …
Tag: 17th century Flemish art
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, …
A Prospect
JAN SIBERECHT (1627-1703) Wollaton Hall and Park, Nottinghamshire (1697) Oil on canvas 192 x 138 cm Yale Center for British Art, Yale, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Jan Siberecht was born in Antwerp, the son of a sculptor of the same name. He trained with …
Elizabeth, Countess of Kellie
PAUL VAN SOMER (1576-1621) Elizabeth, Countess of Kellie (1619) Oil on canvas 206 x 123 cm Yale Center for British Art, Yale, Connecticut, USA To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Paul van Somer was one of the leading portraitists at the court of James I. His style was …
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ
ANTON VAN DYCK (1599-1641) The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (1616/18) Oil on canvas 207 x 137 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" This moving painting highlights the extraordinary skill and confidence of the young van Dyck, who painted this brilliant Lamentation at the …
Head of a Woman
ANTON VAN DYCK (1599-1641) Head of a Woman (1618-20) Oil on paper, mounted on panel 49 x 46 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum/Museum of Art History, Vienna To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" This oil sketch is akin to the studies from live male models that van Dyck transformed by …
Allegory of Painting
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Old Masters 