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Woman Weaving a Crown of Flowers by Godefridus Schalcken

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/131947-woman-weaving-crown-flowers

This charming portrayal of a woman who daydreams while weaving a crown of flowers is a fine example of Godefridus Schalcken’s refined manner of painting. Its meticulous technique, particularly evident in the rendering of the costume, reflects Schalcken’s connection to the Leiden fijnschilders (fine painters), who specialized in small genre scenes executed with extraordinary attention to detail.
Musée Carnavalet, Paris, 1950: 40-41, no. 74. 1986 Hecht, Peter, and Ger Luijten

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Ships in Distress off a Rocky Coast by Ludolf Backhuysen

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The three cargo ships in this large painting are the type of wide-bellied, seagoing vessels used to transport much of the commodities that generated the wealth of the Dutch in the seventeenth century. Flying the red, white, and blue flag of the Dutch Republic, these floating symbols of national prosperity are nevertheless in peril of crashing on the rocky shore.
Essays for Peter Hecht.

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Gerrit Dou | National Gallery of Art

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Gerrit Dou, considered the founder of the Dutch school of fijnschilderij , or fine painting, was born in Leiden on April 7, 1613, the son of Marytje Jansdr van Rosenburg and the glassmaker and engraver Douwe Jansz. According to Orlers, Dou received his first instruction, in the art of glass engraving, from his father.
Zwolle, 1988: 96-115. 1989 Hecht, Pieter.

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Little Dancer Aged Fourteen by Edgar Degas

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/110292-little-dancer-aged-fourteen

At the sixth impressionist exhibition in the spring of 1881, Edgar Degas presented the only sculpture that he would ever exhibit in public. The Little Dancer Aged Fourteen , the title given by the artist, has become one of the most beloved works of art, well known through the many bronze casts produced from this unique original statuette, following the artist’s death.
Essays for Peter Hecht.

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