#flemishart — Public Fediverse posts
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I love van Dyck drapery, so I would very much like to see the actual painting.
Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 - 1641) Portrait of Agostino Pallavicini, about 1621 Oil on canvas Unframed: 217.5 × 142.2 cm (85 5/8 × 56 in.), Framed [Outer Dim]: 265.4 × 185.4 × 11.4 cm (104 1/2 × 73 × 4 1/2 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 68.PA.2
#Art #Painting #VanDyck #Baroque #Portrait #AgostinoPallavicini #17thCentury #EarlyModern #FlemishArt #Genoa #JPaulGettyMuseum
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"The Temptation of Saint Anthony," Joos van Craesbeeck, c. 1650.
Van Craesbeeck (c. 1605/6 - c. 1660) was a baker as well as a painter, running a family bakery in present-day Belgium. Very little is known of his life, but this bizarre, surreal scene definitely shows the influence of Heironymus Bosch and others. The screaming head, spewing the evils and temptations, the evil thoughts emerging from the forehead, and the sea throwing up evils at his feet...wow!
Van Craesbeeck also is noted for his "tronies," or portraits depicting exaggerated expressions, tavern scenes, guardroom scenes, and "piskijken," or scenes of women visiting doctors and having their urine tested for pregnancy. That's a specific genre of painting!
From the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany.
#Art #FlemishArt #JoosVanCraesbeeck #SaintAnthony #Baroque #Surreal #Gothic
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"Honeysuckle Bower," Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1609.
Rubens (1577-1640) is justly famous and popular; he was quite prolific but his quality never suffered. He was a huge influence in his time and after his passing, embedding his paintings with rich symbolism. And, from what I've read, he was also an extremely good person, intelligent and compassionate.
Here we have a double portrait, of the artist and his first wife, Isabella Brant. Here, they clasp right hands, an ancient custom indicating marital fidelity. They are surrounded by honeysuckle, a symbol of lasting pleasure, steadfastness, and permanence. The richness of their attire seems more indicative of Rubens' ambitions for worldly success, which certainly came to fruition. Sadly, the permanence here was only symbolic; Isabella died of bubonic plague at the age of 34, after they had three children together. This was painted soon after their wedding; after her passing, he did a great posthumous portrait of her, with a mischievous smile. She must have been a corker, and he's not so bad himself.
From the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
#Art #FlemishArt #PeterPaulRubens #PortraitMonday #Baroque #Marriage
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"Still Life of Flowers in a Basket on a Stone Ledge," Jan Brueghel the Younger, 17th century.
Brueghel (1601-1678) was from a great artistic family; his father was Jan Brueghel the Elder (of course), and his grandfather was Pieter Brueghel the Elder, both exceptional Flemish painters of the Renaissance. Jan the Younger was of the Baroque period, having taken over his father's workshop at a young age, and developing his own style.
He didn't do as many still lifes and florals as his father, but here's one of his most delightful. A lovely jumble of flowers is presented to us in a basket, with tulips, roses, cornflowers, lily-of-the-valley, and other, but Brueghel makes it balanced and harmonious amid all the jumble, rather than a cacophony.
Happy Flower Friday!
From a private collection.
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On my recent trip to the City of Bath I saw this painting. It was found in the stores of the Holburne Museum in Bath and was identified as being by the Flemish artist Pieter Brueghel the Younger.
The painting, titled ‘Wedding Dance in the Open Air’ was previously thought to be the work of a copyist or follower, but it has been dated to 1607-14 and is now on permanent display.
