This peasant scene is characterised by a sombre dignity, the colours confined to shades of grey & brown contrasted with white, & the food at the table is no more lavish than the colouring. The figures to the right & left, perhaps mother & daughter ...

In the background men are working a bale which is attached to a pulley. In the past the painting has in the past been attributed to Brouwer, but it is too weak to be by him & is merely executed in his style. ...

Centre, Saint Augustine, Doctor of the Church, holds his symbol, a flaming heart; left, (Saint) Louis IX (1215
- 1270), King
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This painting & ' Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius' are from a series illustrating the life of the 5th-century bishop Zenobius, one of Florence's patron saints, perhaps made as domestic decorations for a patrician family (two other panels from the series survive). The panels illustrate episodes from Fra Clemente Mazza's ' Life of Saint Zenobius', first printed in 1487. Top, from left to right: Saint Zenobius renounces his intended bride; he is baptized by Saint Theodosius, Bishop of Florence; his mother is baptized; he is consecrated Bishop of Florence by the Pope. Bottom, from left to right: the saint exorcises devils from two youths possessed as a result of their mother's curse; he resurrects a dead boy, here lying in the lap of his wailing mother; & he restores the sight of a blind pagan who had promised to convert to Christianity. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Camille Pissarro’s Fox Hill, Upper Norwood from our collection. About this painting Fox Hill, Upper Norwood, 1870 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1964 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

The sitter has not been identified but it has been suggested that he is a member of the Albani family by an early version or copy of this picture (Bergamo, Casa Suardi) which contains the Albani arms. The sitter may be Francesco Albani on the basis that h ...

Create your own bespoke print of Jan van Os’ Fruit & Flowers in a Terracotta Vase from our collection. About this painting Fruit & Flowers in a Terracotta Vase, 1777-8 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1988 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Paulus Theodorus van Brussel’s Fruit & Flowers from our collection. About this painting Fruit & Flowers, 1789 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1947 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

Among the fruit are grapes, melons, peaches, plums, a pineapple & a pomegranate; the principal flowers are roses & hollyhocks. Unlike the other flower still lifes in the National Gallery's Collection, Jan van Os's paintings, with their crowded compositions, lighter colours & light backgrounds, alluding to classical architecture & garden settings, reflect 18th-century taste. ...

Hendricks, who was a distinguished portrait painter in Haarlem, was steeped in the work of his 17th-century predecessors. He made copies after Frans Hals (about 1580?
- 1666) & other painters of the Golden Age. In this still life he imitates the style of Jan van Os (1744
- 1808), whose work is represented in the National Gallery by two flower pieces (' Fruit, Flowers & a Fish' & ' Fruit & Flowers in a Terracotta Vase').

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