29 July 2017
Jheronimus/ Hieronymus Bosch. The Haywain - triptych (‘Tríptico del carro de heno’), ca. 1516 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Oil on wood: 147.1 x 224.3 cm (including frames).
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28 July 2017
Anders Zorn. Timber ('Timret går'), 1916 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 120 x 98 cm. Auctioned at Bukowskis Stockholm, June 2017.
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26 July 2017
Jacob van Ruisdael. Landscape with a Wheatfield, ca. 1650 (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Oil on canvas: 40 x 45.7 cm.
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25 July 2017
Edouard Vuillard. Self-Portrait with Waroquy, 1889 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Oil on canvas: 92.7 x 72.4 cm. Bottle reflected in mirror.
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24 July 2017
Auguste Herbin. Hand (‘Main’), 1960 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 92.1 x 73 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s New York, November 2011.
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Lucas Cranach the elder. The Golden Age (‘Das Goldene Zeitalter’), ca. 1530 (Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo).
Oil on wood: 75 x 103.5 cm. The Alte Pinakothek version: here.
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23 July 2017
Carlo Crivelli. Mary Magdalene (‘Maria Magdalena’), ca. 1480 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Tempera on wood: 152 x 49 cm. Photo credit: Hen Magonza.
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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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21 July 2017
Edvard Munch. Bathing Girls (‘Badende piker’), ca. 1899 (Munchmuseet, Oslo).
Oil on canvas: 68.5 x 91 cm. Photo credit: Richard Jeffries.
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20 July 2017
Pieter Aertsen. Vegetable Market Scene, 1569 (Hallwylska museet, Stockholm).
Oil on wood: 83.5 x 169.5 cm. Considered 16th-century erotica.
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18 July 2017
Adam de Coster. A young Woman holding a Distaff before a lit Candle, ca. 1630 (private collection)
Oil on canvas: 134 x 94.9 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, January 2017.
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Paul Klee. Efflorescence, 1937 (Phillips Collection, Washington).
Oil on cardboard: 33.3 x 26.7 cm.
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17 July 2017
Erik Mattijssen. Hazra Road, 2016 (artist’s portfolio).
Gouache on paper: 110 x 80 cm.
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11 July 2017
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Crab and Girl (‘Krabbe und Mädchen’), 1953 (Brücke-Museum, Berlin).
Oil on canvas: 101 x 76 cm.
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8 July 2017
Cindy Procious. Mariner’s Choice, 2013 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on linen: 30.5 x 40.6 cm.
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6 July 2017
5 July 2017
Reisha Perlmutter. Receive, 2016 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on canvas: 208 x 122 cm.
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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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