22 July 2017

Master of Frankfurt. Festival of the Archers (‘Schuttersfeest’), ca. 1493 (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp).



Oil on wood: 176 x 141 cm. One of many anonymous Flemish artists identifiable by their painting style but not by name. This work stands out for not depicting a religious subject.

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3 July 2017

Lucas Cranach the elder. Phyllis riding Aristotle, 1530 (private collection).


Oil on wood: 55.3 x 35.3 cm. The depiction of 'Weibermacht' becoming increasingly popular in the 15th century Northern Renaissance. Role reversal in a patriarchal masculine society. The (threatening) power of women. Bathsheba, Delilah, Jael, Judith, Phyllis, Salome. Here Phyllis (wife or courtesan of Alexander the Great) is taking revenge on Aristotle, humiliating him by riding him like a horse. Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, January 2008.

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