30 November 2017
Jan Mijtens/ Mytens the younger. Portrait of a Girl picking Grapes (‘Portrait d’une jeune fille cueillant des raisins’), ca. 1640 (Fondation Custodia/ Collection Frits Lugt, Paris).
Oil on canvas: 50.2 x 40.5 cm.
Visit > Fondation Custodia/ Collection Frits Lugt, Paris.
More > Jan Mijtens/ Mytens the younger at Wikipedia.
29 November 2017
Maurice Barraud. Three Girls with Bicycles (‘Trois jeunes filles à vélo’), 1947 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 90.5 x 150 cm. Probably executed 1944 ('Abfahrt’, Kunstmuseum Solothurn). Auctioned at Dobiaschofsky Auktionen AG Bern, November 2017.
More > Maurice Barraud at Wikipedia (German).
25 November 2017
Michaël Borremans. A2, 2004 (artist's portfolio).
Oil on canvas: 40 x 35 cm.
Visit > Michaël Borremans at: Zeno X Gallery, David Zwirner.
More > Michaël Borremans at Wikipedia.
24 November 2017
Gerard/ Gerrit van Honthorst. Satyr and Nymph (‘Sater en nimf’), 1623 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Oil on canvas: 104 x 131 cm.
Visit > Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
More > Gerard van Honthorst at Wikipedia.
23 November 2017
Albrecht Dürer. Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher, 1526 (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).
Oil on lime: 51 x 37 cm. Copy by Hans Hoffmann (1578) at Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.
Visit > Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
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22 November 2017
20 November 2017
David Jagger. Olga, 1936 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 117.5 x 89.5 cm. Auctioned at Bonhams London, March 2006.
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Kerry James Marshall. Past Times, 1997 (McCormick Place Art Collection, Chicago/ private collection).
Acrylic and collage on canvas: 289.6 x 396.2 cm(!). This bites... Update (2018): Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, May 2018. Price tag: US$ 21.114.500 (ca. € 17.917.000).
Visit > McCormick Place Art Collection, Chicago.
More > Kerry James Marshall at Wikipedia.
19 November 2017
John McAllister Gray. Interior with Table, 1973 (Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford/ UK).
Acrylic on canvas: 182 x 182 cm.
Visit > Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford/ UK.
More > John McAllister Gray at Art UK.
18 November 2017
David Teniers the younger. Peasants Dancing and Feasting, ca. 1660 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Oil on canvas: 63.8 x 74.9 cm.
Visit > Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
More > David Teniers the younger at Wikipedia.
17 November 2017
John Currin. Helena, 2006 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on canvas: 50.8 x 63.5 cm. Update (2019): Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, November 2019. Price tag: US$ 1.160.000 (ca. € 1.030.000).
Visit > Gagosian Gallery, New York.
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Jan Davidsz de Heem. Vase of Flowers, ca. 1660 (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Oil on canvas: 69.6 x 56.5 cm.
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15 November 2017
Edvard Munch. P.A. Munch’s Grave in Rome (‘P.A. Munchs grav i Roma‘), 1927 (Munchmuseet, Oslo).
Oil on canvas: 89 x 73.5 cm. Peter Andreas Munch (1810-1863), Norwegian historian and uncle of Edvard Munch. Photo credit: Ove Kvavik.
Visit > Munchmuseet, Oslo.
More > Edvard Munch at Wikipedia.
14 November 2017
Joachim Beuckelaer. The Four Elements: Earth, 1569 (National Gallery, London).
Oil on canvas: 158 x 215.4 cm. Photo credit: Ramón Muñoz. The other elements: Water, Air, Fire.
Visit > National Gallery, London.
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12 November 2017
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10 November 2017
Orazio Gentileschi. The Lute Player, ca. 1620 (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Oil on canvas: 143.5 x 129 cm.
Visit > National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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9 November 2017
John William Waterhouse. The Bouquet, 1908 (Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth).
Oil on canvas: 59 x 42 cm.
Visit > Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth.
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8 November 2017
Johannes Vermeer. Study of a young Woman, ca. 1666 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Oil on canvas: 44.5 x 40 cm.
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7 November 2017
Carmelo Blandino. Bloom, 2016 (artist’s portfolio).
Acrylic on canvas: 183 x 183 cm.
Visit > Carmelo Blandino official.
Visit > Carmelo Blandino at: Eckert Fine Art, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Saatchi Art.
Chloe Early. Suspended 4, 2014 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on aluminium: 41 x 41 cm. Chloe Early: "...I wanted to capture the figures at the point where it was uncertain if they are involved in the glory of a rise or the danger of a fall and 'suspend' them in that moment".
Visit > Chloe Early official.
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5 November 2017
David Jagger. Kathleen, ca. 1925 (Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead).
Oil on canvas: 91.4 x 71.1 cm. The artist’s wife.
Visit > Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead.
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4 November 2017
Barthel Beham. Portrait of an Arbitrator (‘Bildnis eines Schiedsrichters oder Rechenmeisters’), 1529 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Oil on lime: 84.8 x 66.1 cm. Pendant with ‘Portrait of a Woman with a Parrot‘: here.
Visit > Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
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3 November 2017
Alyssa Monks. Charade, 2010 (artist’s portfolio).
Oil on linen: 122 x 81 cm.
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Visit > Alyssa Monks at Forum Gallery.
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