24 April 2020

Frans Hals. Portrait of a Couple (‘Portret van een stel’), 1622 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).



Oil on canvas: 140 x 166.5 cm. Probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen. The husband is almost pushed out of this marriage portrait. And he seems to be okay with that. 

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22 April 2020

Paul Gauguin. Arearea (‘Jokes’), 1892 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris).



Oil on canvas: 75 x 94 cm. One of a collection of Tahitian paintings exhibited in Paris in November 1893. 

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3 April 2020

School of Francisco Goya (attributed). Seated Dwarf (‘Un nain assis’), ca. 1830 (Château de Villandry).


Oil on canvas: ca. 40 x 38 cm. Referring to Velázquez's ‘Buffoon El Primo’ at the Prado, Madrid. Photo credit: Denis Trente-Huittessan. 

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