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Adriaen Brouwer was one of the most expressive artists of the 17th century. His great contribution to genre painting was to give a face to the peasant, to infuse his images of these lower-class individuals with recognizable and vividly expressed human emotions—anger, joy, pain, and pleasure.
Credit Line New Century Fund Dimensions overall: 13.7 × 10.5 cm (5 3/8 × 4 1/
The political strength of Henry VIII’s regime lay in his ability to choose advisors who were both wise and learned. One of these men was Sir Brian Tuke.
Somerset, until 1913; (Robert Langton Douglas, London), 1913, held jointly with (P.
Credit Line Patrons‘ Permanent Fund Dimensions overall: 22.5 x 15.5 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/
After the Reformation had brought social and political upheaval to Germany, creating an unfavorable climate for artists, Holbein moved to England in 1526. He first painted for Sir Thomas More’s circle of high servants of the crown and then became painter to the King himself, Henry VIII.
Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Cumberland and Crown Prince of Hanover [1845-1923]; (P.
After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a famous history painter. Upon completion of his training Rembrandt returned to Leiden.
Mellon Collection Dimensions overall: 109.9 x 89.5 cm (43 1/4 x 35 1/4 in.)
After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a famous history painter. Upon completion of his training Rembrandt returned to Leiden.
framed: 135.26 × 120.65 × 7.62 cm (53 1/4 × 47 1/2 × 3 in.)
Pieter de Hooch excelled in the sensitive depiction of people going about their daily lives, be it inside their houses or in the sheltered environment of an urban courtyard. His masterly control of light, color, and complex perspectival construction can be compared to the work of Johannes Vermeer, his contemporary and colleague in Delft.
framed: 102.24 × 93.98 × 14.61 cm (40 1/4 × 37 × 5 3/4 in.)
Pieter de Hooch excelled in the sensitive depiction of people going about their daily lives, be it inside their houses or in the sheltered environment of an urban courtyard. His masterly control of light, color, and complex perspectival construction can be compared to the work of Johannes Vermeer, his contemporary and colleague in Delft.
framed: 73 x 82.6 x 8.9 cm (28 3/4 x 32 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
The strength and vitality of the people who helped establish the new Dutch Republic are nowhere better captured than in the work of Frans Hals, who was the preeminent portrait painter in Haarlem, the most important artistic center of Holland in the early part of the seventeenth century. This unidentified sitter—one of Hals’ most impressive portraits—was sixty years old when the painting was made, according to the artist’s inscription.
framed: 142.4 x 126.7 x 15.2 cm (56 1/16 x 49 7/8 x 6 in.)
Edouard Manet offers an intriguing study in contrasts and ambiguity in The Railway , starting with the relationship between the two figures. Are they mother and daughter?
framed: 113 x 132.7 x 5.4 cm (44 1/2 x 52 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)
