Le colosse de Rhodes : Louis de Caullery (1555-1622) (Source : Rmn).
(b. 1610, Haarlem, d. 1685, Haarlem)
Carousing Peasants in a Tavern
c. 1635
Oil on wood, 28,8 x 36,3 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Carouse, dammit! It’s Friday night!
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Lady with a Fan
ca. 1590-92 Riza Abbasi ca. 1565-1635) Safavid period Opaque watercolor and gold on paper H: 16.1 W: 9.8 cm Iran
Riza Abbasi, one of the most accomplished Persian painters, is also considered the unrivaled master of the genre of the single-page composition. Active from the late 1580s until his death in 1635, he was the leading artist at the court of Shah Abbas (1589–1629), the powerful Safavid ruler of Iran, but also worked for patrons outside the court. Lady with a Fan, one of his early works, carries Shah Abbas’s seal, indicating that it was once part of a royal album. Signed “Aqa [master] Riza,” the fine painting bears many of the artist’s trademarks, such as his use of sweeping, controlled lines and broad areas of bright color that create a sense of volume. The woman’s delicate ringlets and the folds of her diaphanous sleeves lend the image a sense of heightened refinement, another characteristic of Riza Abbasi’s work.
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Lady with a Fanca. 1590-92
Riza Abbasi ca. 1565-1635)
Safavid period
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
H: 16.1 W: 9.8 cm
IranRiza Abbasi, one of the most accomplished Persian painters, is also considered the unrivaled master of the genre of the single-page composition. Active from the late 1580s until his death in 1635, he was the leading artist at the court of Shah Abbas (1589–1629), the powerful Safavid ruler of Iran, but also worked for patrons outside the court. Lady with a Fan, one of his early works, carries Shah Abbas’s seal, indicating that it was once part of a royal album. Signed “Aqa [master] Riza,” the fine painting bears many of the artist’s trademarks, such as his use of sweeping, controlled lines and broad areas of bright color that create a sense of volume. The woman’s delicate ringlets and the folds of her diaphanous sleeves lend the image a sense of heightened refinement, another characteristic of Riza Abbasi’s work.
Jean Honoré Fragonard
La Chemise enlevée (vers 1770) (Musée du Louvre, Paris.)
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 12247, f. 2v (Virtue stomping all over Vice). Traité des vertus, de leur excellence, et comment on les peut acquérir. France, early 16th century.
Priam killed by Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, detail of an Attic black-figure amphora, ca. 520 BC–510 BC. From Vulci.
Girl with a Book. Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707-1762), Italian painter & print-maker of the Baroque period. In Dresden, he became known for his imaginary portraits of figures displaying various emotions, such as the so-called Portrait of a Maid (Warsaw, National Museum). Admirably composed and coloured, these works are painted with great sensitivity of observation. Died in St Petersburg, where he had traveled to paint for the Russian court.
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Deep Sea Black Coral
Japan
This object was once venerated as the physical embodiment of the deity enshrined in a Shinto sanctuary. The identity of the god himself is unknown. This object was never viewed by the worshippers, and represents a species of coral that thrives in especially deep water.
The Morikami Museum
Wife of the Artist
Ludoph Bakhuysen
date:
ca. 1700
Saint Louis University
Amédée Guillemin, from The sun, 1870