Showing posts with label Artist: Dutch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Artist: Dutch. Show all posts

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.

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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.

20 January 2022