The young astronomer holds a celestial globe with constellations shown in the form of animals. Among those visible are some of the northern & zodiacal constellations: at the top, Draco; on the left, Ursa Major &, below it, Leo; on the right, beneath the encircling brass ring, Bubuleus. The stand for the globe is on the right, & a quadrant is in the foreground. The attribution & dating depend on the similarity of this picture with a painting of an astronomer, dated 1685 & signed by van Deuren (New York, Christophe Janet, 1978). The model & globe appear to be the same in both works. ...
In 17th-century Holland it was usual to drape tables with Turkish carpets, as here, on the right. The tapestry hanging on the back wall appears to show Hagar in the Wilderness. Probably painted in the early 1670s, this painting belongs to a group of works ...
This painting was in England & attributed to Rembrandt as early as 1775. Subsequently it has been thought to be by Nicolas Maes, who was in Rembrandt's studio in the years around 1650. This is not, however, entirely persuasive &, more recently, the work has been attributed to another Dordrecht painter, Cornelis Bisschop (1630 - 1674), who knew Maes's work well & imitated it. However, no signed painting by Bisschop displays the broad handling which is so characteristic of this picture & this interesting attribution must, for the time being, remain speculative. ...
The duet played by the couple may well refer to the harmony of true love, while the foot-warmer is usually interpreted as a symbol for the effort a man has to make in order to gain a woman's love. The portrait in the right background is in the style of Michiel van Miereveld (1567 - 1641), & is probably of Prince Frederik Henrik of Orange (1584 - 1647), who became Stadholder of the Dutch Republic in 1625. ...
This portrait of an unidentified young man at prayer is likely to have formed the left-hand side of a small devotional picture. The open book, probably a Book of Hours or other devotional book, suggests that after a period of prayer & meditation the you ...
The background is made up of a design formed from the repeated motif of rain falling from clouds, with the inscription in Dutch or Low German dialect 'har.las.uber.gan' (Lord, let [it] pass). It was presumably the sitter's personal device, but was not uniq ...
The work is probably the left wing of a triptych or a diptych. The young man is turned towards the subject of his prayers, which may have been an image of the Virgin & Child. The costume would accord with a date in the later 1520s. ...
The subject is almost certainly Lady Augusta Phipps (1800-12), the recently deceased daughter of Wilkie’s patron the 1st Earl of Mulgrave. She turns to the viewer, as if discovered at her prayers. Contrasting forms of illumination & details such as the exquisitely depicted silver candlesticks show off Wilkie’s particular skills as a painter. ...
The woman in this painting is said to be Maris's wife Catharina Hendrika Horn, whom he married in 1867. Their first child was born in April 1868 (and died in March 1869). This work was painted when Maris was living in Paris. The woman's right breast was or ...
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A Young Man Drinking Print
The genre study shows a youth with vine leaves wrapped around his head clasping a wine bottle and drinking from a glass. The painting, now widely accepted as by Murillo, was once considered to be by an eighteenth-century imitator.
The genre study shows a youth with vine leaves wrapped around his head clasping a wine bottle & drinking from a glass. The painting, now widely accepted as by Murillo, was once considered to be by an eighteenth-century imitator.
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Wine - An alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes.
Glass - A solid, typically transparent. Brittle and used in windows. The first patent granted in the UK was for Glass.
bottle - A container with a narrow neck in comparison to the body. Often used for containing fluids such as wine and milk.
Head - The upper part of a body typically separated by the neck.
Print - A mechanical process of putting text onto paper. It can also relate to a pattern on an item.
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