JACOB WOUTER VOSMAER (1584-1614) Still-Life of Flowers with an Imperial Fritillary in a Stone Niche (1613) Oil on a wood panel (110 x 79 cm) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam To enlarge the image, right-click on it and choose "Open in a new tab" Jacob Wouter Vosmaer was born in the city of Delft. Very little is known …
Tag: Dutch painting
An Italian Landscape
NICOLAES BERCHEM (1620-1683) An Italianate Landscape with Herders and their Flocks Oil on panel (36 x 45 cm) Private collection Of the 70 or so Berchems in public collections in Britain more than half are of drovers and milkmaids with cattle in Italianate landscapes, proving both the popularity of this genre and why his name …
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 …
Still Life with Oysters and Grapes
JAN DAVIDSZ. DE HEEM (1606-1684) Still Life with Oysters and Grapes (1653) Oil on wood (36 x 53 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it in a new tab The following text has been taken from the entry written by Richard Rand for the catalogue …
A Dutch Farmyard
MELCHIOR DE HONDECOETER (1636-1695) Cockerell with Hens in a Farmyard (1681) Oil on canvas (84 x 69 cm) Private collection To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and "Open in a new tab" Pupil of his father Gysbert Hondecoeter and of his uncle Jan Baptiste Weenix, Melchior began his career with a different speciality from …
A Classical Landscape
HENDRIK FRANS VAN LINT (1684-1763) A Classical landscape with figures in front of a temple (1748) Oil on canvas: 48 x 72 cm Private collection Hendrik Frans van Lint was born in Antwerp, the son of the history painter Pieter van Lint. As his father died when he was only 6 years old he became …
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 …
Samuel Ampzing
FRANS HALS (1582-1666) Samuel Ampzing (c.1630) Oil on copper (16,5 x 12 cm) Private Collection, United States To enlarge the picture, right-click on it and open it on a new tab "This exquisite portrait, one of three known works that Frans Hals painted on copper, depicts the Haarlem clergyman, poet, and historian Samuel Ampzing (1590–1632) …
Old Masters 