#flemish art

Egbert van Heemskerck - An Alchemist in His Study

17^thcentury

oil on canvas

Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia

beautiful-belgium:

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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lisewine:

oldpaintings:

Dolls’ House of Petronella Oortman, c.1710 by Jacob Appel (I) (Dutch, 1680–1751)

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art-nimals:

Frans Snyders (1579 - 1657), A Concert of Birds

Jan van der Heyden - An Architectural Fantasy with a Triumphal Arch

17th century

oil on panel

The National Gallery, London

Hubert van Ravesteyn - Walnuts, a Tobacco Packet, and a White Jug on a Table

1671

oil on canvas

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Rembrandt - A Young Woman Sleeping

c. 1654

Brush and brown wash, some white mixed into some parts of the wash

British museum, London

Jan Steen - Portrait of Bernardina van Raesfelt

1660

Oil on canvas

Mauritshuis, The Hague

dutch-and-flemish-painters:

art-and-things-of-beauty:

Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (active 1659-after 1683) - Trompe L'oeil of an open cupboard, oil on canvas, 85.1 x 74.9 cm.

Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts or Gysbrechts (ca 1630 - c. 1675) was a Flemish painter working in Belgium, Germany, Denmark and Sweden in the second half of the seventeenth century. He specialised in trompe-l'œil; an artistic genre aiming to trick contemporary viewers into believing that the painted, two-dimensional illusions were real three-dimensional objects.

It is not known with certainty where and when Gijsbrechts was born, and his activities in the last years of his life are also undocumented, just as his name is not mentioned in the contemporary art historical literature. His oldest known painting is dated 1657. He was probably in Germany in the early 1660s, among other places in Regensburg, where he might have been in Emperor Leopold I’s service, but this is not known for a fact. Around 1664/1665, it is presumed that Gijsbrechts went to Hamburg where he stayed for a few years.

Gijsbrechts came to Denmark at the latest in 1668, and here he was hired as court artist by the autocratic Danish king Frederik III from 1668–70, and hereafter by Christian V from 1670-72. He had his studio in The Royal Garden by Rosenborg Castle and from 1670 he called himself Court painter.

In the period 1670–72 he received payment for several paintings, i.a. paintings for Rosenborg Castle. After having left Copenhagen, he is believed to have been in Stockholm, where in 1673 he painted a large letter rack commissioned by the bourgeoisie of the town. In 1675, he was once again in Germany and this is also the year in which his last known work was made. Hereafter, very little is known of his activities.

During his four years in Copenhagen, Gijsbrechts painted about 22 trompe l’oeil paintings out of which 10 are found in the collection of The National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst – SMK). Only about 70 works can with certainty be attributed to Gijsbrechts, and is it therefore quite remarkable that 22 of these are found in Copenhagen today. Besides the 19 works at SMK, two works are found at Rosenborg Castle, and one at The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle. The collection in Copenhagen is viewed as the largest and most important Gijsbrechts collection in the world.

caravaggista:

The incredible brushwork of Sir Anthony van Dyck.

barcarole:

Detail from The Hunters in the Snow,Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565.

lionofchaeronea:

Still Life with Dainties, Rosemary, Wine, Jewels, and a Burning Candle(akaAllegory of Marriage), Clara Peeters, 1607

oldpaintings:

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)

Pieter Claesz - Still Life with Lighted Candle

1627

oil on panel

Mauritshuis, The Hague

barcarole:

Detail of the artist’s signature from Still Life with a Tart and Roast Chicken,Clara Peeters, ca. 1610-15.

barcarole:

Detail from Virgin and Child,Joos van Cleeve, ca. 1525.

detailsofpaintings:

Workshop of Rubens, Anne d’Autriche, reine de France (detail)

c. 1625

Hendrik van Steenwijck II - A Square with Imaginary Buildings

1614

oil on copper

Mauritshuis, The Hague

beautiful-belgium:

EYCK, Jan van
Small Triptych (central panel)
c. 1437
Oil on oak, 27,5 x 21,5 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden