Showing posts with label Artist: Dutch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Artist: Dutch. Show all posts
31 December 2022
Tik Tjiang Kwee. Safety Poster No. 5905, 1959 (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam).
Sound advice… Ok guys, this is it. Gotta go. Have fun, be happy.
Visit > International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam.
16 July 2022
Gerrit Berckheyde. View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht (‘Gezicht op de Gouden Bocht in de Herengracht’), ca. 1672 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Oil on oak: 42.5 x 57.9 cm. Glorifying bourgeois architecture. The sun is shining on prosperous Amsterdam. The world is crisp and clean. Things are going well.
Visit > Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
More > Gerrit Berckheyde at Wikipedia.
More > Our top-50 favourite paintings.
4 July 2022
2 July 2022
Wim Schuhmacher. Russian Woman ('Russische Vrouw'), 1926 (Centraal Museum, Utrecht).
Oil on canvas: 92.3 x 131.5 cm. Portrait of his Latvian friend Melitta Lass (1890-1967).
Visit > Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
More > Wim Schuhmacher at Wikipedia.
1 July 2022
Philips Wouwerman. The Farrier of the Camp, ca. 1650 (Royal Collection Trust, London).
Oil on wood: 37.4 x 32.2 cm.
Visit > Royal Collection Trust, London.
More > Philips Wouwerman at Wikipedia.
5 June 2022
Philips Wouwerman. Cavalry Combat (‘Choque de caballería’), ca. 1655 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Oil on canvas: 49 x 54 cm.
Visit > Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
More > Philips Wouwerman at Wikipedia.
14 May 2022
Jacob/ Jacques de Gheyn II. Poseidon and Amphitrite, ca. 1610 (Wallraf Richartz Museum, Cologne).
Oil on canvas: 103.5 x 137 cm. Not too subtle.
Visit > Wallraf Richartz Museum, Cologne.
More > Jacob/ Jacques de Gheyn II at Wikipedia.
8 May 2022
Johannes Vermeer. View of Delft (‘Gezicht op Delft’), ca. 1661 (Mauritshuis, The Hague).
Oil on canvas: 96.5 x 115.7 cm. À la recherche du temps perdu.
Visit > Mauritshuis, The Hague.
More > Johannes Vermeer at Wikipedia.
More > Our top-50 favourite paintings.
24 April 2022
Joachim Uytewael/ Wtewael. The Kitchen Maid (‘De keukenmeid’), ca. 1625 (Centraal Museum, Utrecht).
Oil on canvas: 103.2 x 72.3 cm. Inspired by or referring to Beuckelaer’s earlier kitchen scenes.
Visit > Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Joachim Uytewael/ Wtewael at Wikipedia.
26 March 2022
Harmen Steenwijck. An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life, ca. 1640 (National Gallery, London).
Oil on oak: 39.2 x 50.7 cm.
Visit > National Gallery, London.
More > Harmen Steenwijck at Wikipedia.
More > Our top-50 favourite paintings.
9 March 2022
5 March 2022
Caesar van Everdingen. Four Muses and Pegasus, ca. 1650 (Paleis Huis Ten Bosch, The Hague).
Oil on canvas: 320.5 x 238.5 cm(!).
Visit > Paleis Huis Ten Bosch, The Hague.
More > Caesar van Everdingen at Wikipedia.
More > ‘Four Muses and Pegasus’ at RKD Studies (Dutch).
27 February 2022
Jacob van Ruisdael. View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds (‘Gezicht op Haarlem met bleekvelden’), ca. 1675 (Mauritshuis, The Hague).
Oil on canvas: 55.5 x 62 cm.
Visit > Mauritshuis, The Hague.
More > Jacob van Ruisdael at Wikipedia.
More > Our top-50 favourite paintings.
26 February 2022
Anthonis Mor (van Dashorst). Portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham (‘Portret van Sir Thomas Gresham’), ca. 1565 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
Oil on wood: 90 x 75.5 cm. Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579). Merchant and financial agent of the English crown in the Netherlands, founder of the Royal Exchange. Pendant panel with a portrait of wife Anne Fernely.
Visit > Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > Anthonis Mor (van Dashorst) at Wikipedia.
17 February 2022
George Hendrik Breitner. The Earring (‘Het oorringetje’), 1893 (Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
Oil on canvas: 57.5 x 84.5 cm.
Visit > Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
More > Google Arts & Culture.
More > George Hendrik Breitner at Wikipedia.
12 February 2022
Hubert Vos. Pink/Green Vase - Ceramic Vase on Table, 1923 (private collection).
Oil on canvas: 76.2 x 61 cm (restored). Auctioned at Treadway Gallery Cincinnati, December 2005. Auctioned at Heritage Auctions Dallas, December 2013. Vos famous for his portrait of Chinese empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu Hsi) is also known for his still-life paintings of Chinese porcelains (presumed gifts from the empress). Underdrawing is visible.
More > Hubert Vos at Wikipedia.
9 February 2022
Hendrick Avercamp. Scene on the Ice, ca. 1620 (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
Oil on wood: 20.5 x 43.8 cm(!).
Visit > National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
More > Hendrick Avercamp at Wikipedia.
20 January 2022
Dutch anonymous. Rider in a Landscape (‘Reiter in Landschaft’), ca. 1650 (private collection).
Oil on panel: 34.5 x 44 cm. Formerly attributed to Pieter Wouwerman II (1623-1682). Auctioned at Auktionshaus Lempertz Cologne, May 2016.
More > Pieter Wouwerman II at Wikipedia.
6 January 2022
1 January 2022
Gerard/ Gerrit van Honthorst. The Concert Group ('Concert on a Balcony'/ 'Le Concert'), 1624 (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Oil on canvas: 168 x 178 cm.
Visit > Musée du Louvre, Paris.
More > Gerard van Honthorst at Wikipedia.