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Portrait of a Lady, bust-length, as Berenice, wife of Ptolomy III of Egypt. Gortzius Geldorp (Flemish, 1553-1616). Oil on panel.
According to legend Berenice promised to sacrifice her hair to Venus if the gods brought her husband, Ptolemy III, back safely from war. As he was delivered unharmed, Berenice cut off her hair and placed it in Venus’s temple as promised but the hair disappeared. The belief is that it became a constellation in the night sky, known to this day as Coma Berenices, or Berenice’s Hair.
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Portrait of Mary Rogers, Lady Harington (1592). Marcus Gheeraerts II (Flemish, 1561-c.1636). Oil paint on wood. Tate.
This is one of the earliest known works by Marcus Gheeraerts II. It is dated 1592 (top left). It is thought to show a member of the Harington family of Kelston, near Bath. She may be Mary Rogers, wife of the author and translator Sir John Harington, Elizabeth I’s godson. In her left hand she holds strings of pearls threaded into four knots. These, and the distinctive black and white pattern on her sleeves and bodice, echo the Harington heraldic arms. Her body is defined by her long, slender, stiffened, pointed bodice, evident in many of Gheeraerts’s portraits of the 1590s.
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A Flemish Tapestry Verdure Fragment, Lille Early 18th Century
Sotheby’s, Fine Furniture, Tapestries, Ceramics, Clocks, Silver and Carpets, London, Nov 2nd
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ART - When Pop Culture and superheroes meet classical Flemish painting : “Super Flemish” by Sacha Goldberger.
The excellent Super Flemish project of French photographer Sacha Goldberger, who transports the Pop Culture and superheroes into classical Flemish painting and fashion of the Elizabethan era… Some gorgeous retro versions of Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Darth Vader and so on! l Via Ufunk.
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Unknown Artist, ‘Portrait of a Family at Midday Meal’, oil on canvas, c.1610s, Flemish (Dutch), sold by Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA.
Madonna from the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, 1432.
Madonna vomGenter Altar von Jan van Eyck, 1432.
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Peter Paul Rubens - The Fall of Phaeton
1604
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Hendrick Avercamp - Skaters playing kolf
1625
oil on canvas
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Texas
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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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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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Jan Davidsz. de Heem - Fruit bowl with flowers
first half of 17thcentury
oil on panel
National Museum, Poznań
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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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Jan van der Heyden - An Architectural Fantasy with a Triumphal Arch
17th century
oil on panel
The National Gallery, London
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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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