17 August 2019

Pieter Aertsen. A Meat Stall with the Holy Family giving Alms, 1551 (North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh/ USA).



Oil on wood: 168.9 x 115.6 cm. There are four versions known of this same painting: Gustavianum University Art Collections in Uppsala/ Sweden, North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh/ USA, Fundación Banco Santander in Madrid/ Spain and Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht/ Netherlands. The one in Uppsala is generally considered to be the (most) original. The fact that it has been copied so many times, by Aertsen himself or by his studio, indicates that this was a famous and popular work.

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12 August 2019

Lisa Brice. After Embah, 2018 (artist’s portfolio).


Synthetic tempera, gesso and ink on canvas: 244 x 205 cm. Lisa Brice (2018): “I grew up in South Africa during a particularly volatile time in the country’s history and that still informs what I am drawn to and identify with. Wherever I am in the world, I still perceive things through that lens, which is an inherently political one, even if not directly related to politics”.

9 August 2019

Jacques Louis David. Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass (‘Napoleon am Großen St. Bernhard’), 1803 (Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna).



Oil on canvas: 275 x 232 cm(!). The fourth of five versions painted between 1801 and 1805. Also known as ‘Napoleon Crossing the Alps’. The iconic view of Napoleon and his army crossing the Great Saint-Bernard Pass in 1800. Original first version now in the Musée de Malmaison

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