#dutch painting
Anton Mauve (1838–88, The Netherlands)
Watercolours
Mauve was a Dutchrealist painter who was a leading member of the Hague School. A master colourist, he was a significant early influence on his cousin-in-law Vincent van Gogh. His best known paintings depict peasants working in the fields. His paintings of flocks of sheep were especially popular with American patrons.
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Isaac Israëls - city life, a mixed bag of drawings, pastels, watercolors, paintings and mixed media.
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Herman Heijenbrock - Early 20th century Industrial landscapes (for those who still have doubts about climate change).
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Marten Boelema de Stomme - Still-Life with Nautilus Cup
17th century
oil on panel
Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm
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Egbert van Heemskerck - An Alchemist in His Study
17thcentury
oil on canvas
Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Magpie on the Gallows (1568)
“Bruegel’s painting was created the year after Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, arrived in the Netherlands, sent by the Spanish king, Philip II to suppress the Dutch Revolt. The gallows may represent the threat of execution of those preaching the new Protestant doctrine, and the painting may allude to several Netherlandish proverbs. There is a direct allusion to the Netherlandish proverbs of dancing or shitting on the gallows, meaning a mocking of the state. It also alludes to the belief that magpies are gossips, and that gossip leads to hangings. And that the way to the gallows leads through pleasant meadows. It is not known why or for whom the picture was painted. Its date of 1568 makes this painting one of Bruegel’s last works before his death in 1569; indeed, perhaps his final work. Bruegel asked his wife to burn some of his pictures on his death, but told her to keep the Magpie on the Gallows for herself.”
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Karel Dujardin- Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles.Allegory on the Transitoriness and the Brevity of Life.
1668
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Alida Withoos (Dutch, 1661/62 - 1730). Tulips, Chrysanthemums, Honeysuckle, Convolvulus and other flowers at the foot of a tree, a view to a park landscape beyond, 17th century. private collection
Alida Withoos (1662 - 1730)
Rosa gallica L. ‘Versicolor’, ca. 1690-1730
Wageningen UR Library, Special Collections, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Willem Wissing and Jan van der Vaardt — Queen Anne, when Princess of Denmark. detail. 1685
