Throughout his career Rembrandt took as his primary subjects the themes of portraiture, landscape and narrative painting. For the last, he was especially praised by his contemporaries, who extolled him as a masterly interpreter of biblical stories for his skill in representing emotions and attention...
Paintings by living masters fetched less: in 1637 Rembrandt paid a little over 424 guilders for a large painting by Rubens. In 1642 Rembrandt paid 179 guilders for a single print by Lucas, ‘het Ulenspiegelken’ (now known as The Beggar’s Family). The reason given for this high price...
He advocated emphasizing the merits of a painting, rather than the name of its artist. He also recognized the value of reproductive prints for making paintings available to a wider audience.doi:10.1080/03096564.2001.11730798PrestonFrances L.
Why did the first auction house give the painting such a low value? A. Because they thought it was only worth that much. B. Because they forgot to add a “0” to the number. C. Because they thought it was a fake. D. Because they thought Rembrandt wasn't popular.( A) 8. The ...
replica bed and painting paraphernalia and thennotalso go to seeThe Night Watch,Self Portraitet al in the flesh at the Rijksmuseum. On the other hand, if your interest in Dutch art and culture is more general, and not confined to the work of Rembrandt alone, then the Rikjsmuseum, with ...
Lievens, born in 1607, the year after Rembrandt, had started painting at age eight. He had apprenticed first with Joris Verschoten (ca. 1587–1652) in Leiden, and then for about two years with his “second master” Pieter Lastman, the most important history painter in Amsterdam at that...
Stainless Steel firm (no spring). I chose a fine nib. Beautifully engraved with what appears to be a flower of some sort. It looks more like a painting from Van Gogh than Rembrandt!!! Never the less is very nicely done. It also reads: Visconti Firenze “F”. The breather hole is an...
Giovannino d’Angelo was commissioned to construct a frame following the model of Sienese artist Niccolò di Segna’s altarpiece of 1340-50 in the church of the Camaldolese order (today’s cathedral) with the difference that the altarpiece for San Francesco should be prepared for painting on ...
unveiling; we see more of its very substantial frame than we do of the picture itself. The painting itself can be whatever we wish it to be. I felt the clear implication that this picture is a bravura advertisement for...
The monochromatic painting, which measures 9.6 x 7.3 inches (24.5 x 18.5 centimeters), was purchased by an anonymous buyer for €860,000 ($908,000) at the Christie’s sale. Although that was more than 50 times the painting’s estimated value at the time, it is now expected to fetch m...