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Dutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century, [1] during and after the later part of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence. The new Dutch Republic was the most prosperous nation in Europe and led European trade, science, and art.
Department of Paintings of the Louvre: INV 1553 66 Still Life with Globe, Books, Sculpture, and Other Objects: Jan van der Heyden: 1670 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna: 67 Vase of Flowers: Simon Pietersz Verelst: 1670 Cleveland Museum of Art: 68 Flowers in a Glass Vase: Dirck de Bray: 1671 Los Angeles County Museum of Art: M.2009.106.4 69 Still ...
In the 17th century the Dutch were very interested in flowers and gardening, so paintings that highlighted the beauty of nature were highly valued. This helped to build and maintain Ruysch's clientele throughout her career. [7] In her lifetime her paintings were sold for prices as high as 750–1200 guilders.
These latter paintings are closely related to images of the hunt, which came into fashion in Flemish painting during the 17th century. Peter Paul Rubens, The Tiger, Leopard and Lion Hunt, c. 1617–1618. Musée des Beaux Arts, Rennes. This painting is typical of Rubens's "exotic" hunts painted between about 1615 and 1625.
Willem Claeszoon Heda (17th century): Breakfast with a Crab. Dutch painters, especially in the northern provinces, tried to evoke emotions in the spectator by letting the person be a bystander to a scene of profound intimacy. Portrait painting thrived in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century. Many portraits were commissioned by wealthy ...
Van Huysum's work determined the "main trends in flower paintings for sixty to eighty years after his death." [14]Fruit and flower artists whose work is described as inspired by or analogous to that of Jan van Huysum: Jacob van Huysum (his brother), Justus van Huysum (his father), Pieter Faes, Wybrand Hendriks, Paul Theodore van Brussel, Jacobus Linthorst, Jan van Os, George Jacob Jan van Os ...
For example, sometimes the butterfly is resting on a flower stem, or on the edge of a table with a flower vase, or on a book. The butterfly was used as a device to draw the viewer's attention into the painting and into van Oosterwijck's artistic vision. [8] The butterflies are also symbolic of Christ's resurrection. [17]
This is a list of Dutch painters who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands. For artists born and active in the Southern Netherlands , see the List of Flemish painters . The artists are sorted by century and then alphabetically by last name.