To the left are a skull & bones, symbols of death. The wick of the lamp hanging from the branch has just been extinguished. This work is intended as a 'vanitas', in which the objects serve as a reminder of the brevity of life & the futility of human a ...
On the ground lie a stag & a heron. Two hares, a gun & a horn are hung from the tree on the left. On the right a boy blows a hunting horn, & in the landscape beyond him a stag hunt is in progress. This painting may have been commissioned by the Elec ...
The subject was once identified as Herod & the Three Magi (New Testament, Matthew 2: 7), but none of the figures is shown with a king's attributes. Saints & prophets had been depicted in active debate in this manner by Donatello (1368 - 1466) & other ...
An assistant warms a plaster at the right, while the patient is treated. Perhaps a copy after a lost original by Teniers. This composition was certainly designed by David Teniers the Younger but its execution is too weak to be by him, & the painting is ...
The original picture was a portrait & not a representation of Saint Peter Martyr, whose attributes of the palm, sword & knife have been added. The signature appears to be original, but the picture is likely to be a production of the studio, possibly m ...
The identity of this donor, who is shown at prayer before a devotional book, is not known. This was presumably the left wing of a triptych. The right wing was probably a female donor (donatrix), & may have been a panel once in a private collection in Germany. The central part of the triptych has not been identified. The landscape is in the style of Patinir, who collaborated with Massys. ...
Buytewech's paintings are rare & nothing is known about his training. He was born in Rotterdam, where he was apparently active as a landscape & figure painter. This work strongly recalls the dune landscapes of Jan Wijnants (died 1684), to whom the pai ...
A variety of figures populate this small dune landscape. In the foreground a beggar is asking two approaching riders for some alms. A little further back a hunter is about to shoot an animal he has spotted in the tree. A curious aspect is the sailing boat ...
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A Domestic Scene Print
A sketch. The subject has been called 'The Happy Mother'. There was a great vogue for scenes of mothers and children in 18th-century France, much encouraged by the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
A sketch. The subject has been called ' The Happy Mother'. There was a great vogue for scenes of mothers & children in 18th-century France, much encouraged by the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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