#beaux-arts
Marten Boelema de Stomme - Still-Life with Nautilus Cup
17th century
oil on panel
Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm
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Rogier van der Weyden - Portrait of Antony of Burgundy
Circa 1460
oil on panel
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
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Hubert van Ravesteyn - Walnuts, a Tobacco Packet, and a White Jug on a Table
1671
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
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Rembrandt - A Young Woman Sleeping
c. 1654
Brush and brown wash, some white mixed into some parts of the wash
British museum, London
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The Interior of an elegant townhouse, with a lady and gentleman beside a fire, a servant stacking logs and a maid beside a table by Cornelis de Man (Dutch, 1621–1706)
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Detail of the artist’s signature from Still Life with a Tart and Roast Chicken,Clara Peeters, ca. 1610-15.
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Hendrik van Steenwijck II - A Square with Imaginary Buildings
1614
oil on copper
Mauritshuis, The Hague
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Jan Brueghel the Elder and Hans Rottenhammer - The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
c. 1595
oil on coper
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Lapis Lazuli - The Luxury Pigment
When making blue pigment or colorant, medieval copyists would save money and time by using minerals native to them. Some of these were copper carbonite - which could also provide greenish tints - and woad, a plant with extractable blue color.
Copyists typically reserved lapis lazuli, pictured above, for more luxury manuscripts. Imported from Afghanistan, the mineral produced a rich, vibrant shade of blue known today as ultramarine.
Location: Afghanistan
Usage Rights: Public domain
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