Painting ID:: 62371
Ulysses and Circe - Oil on panel 51 x 81 cm Private collection The present painting depicts an episode from the Odyssey (Bk 10). On their journey home after the Trojan War, Ulysses and his companions came upon the island of the sorceress, Circe. With a magic potion, she transformed the men into swine; however Ulysses, having been forewarned by Mercury and having taken an antidote, was able to resist her magic. The present painting depicts the moment when Circe lifts her wand to touch Ulysses and activate the spell new21/BIJLERT, Jan van-743882.jpg
Painting ID:: 62384
Triptych 76,4 x 24,5 cm (each wing) Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne Jan de Beer was a Flemish painter, one of the Antwerp Mannerist school many of whose paintings were formerly ascribed to him. The central panel depicts the Adoration of the Shepherds. On the left wing is St Felicity with her sons and on the right is St Ursula with her followers. The composition and style are characteristic of Antwerp Mannerism of the early 16th century. Author: BEER, Jan de Title: Triptych , 1501-1550 , Flemish Form: painting , religious new21/BEER, Jan de-798886.jpg
Painting ID:: 62445
Virgin and Child 26,8 x 20,5 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam This small painting of the Madonna depicts a fragile female figure holding her newborn together with a vanquished dragon. The artist indicates her floating, vision-like quality with the use of fantastic lighting and an army of angels in concentric circles. By arranging the choir of angels in a manner reminiscent of spheres, it is also expressed that the infant Jesus in the centre of the picture is the ruler of the Universe. With a sweeping gesture and a look of concentration, the infant is shaking two bells, as if to be in concert with the angel doing the same thing on the left side of the picture. They are definitely looking at each other, and since they are the only two doing this, the action has special significance: it shows the "conductor" Jesus in the role of the universe's prime mover. Thus the painting clearly expresses a concept formulated by St Thomas Aquinas, according to which Jesus created the harmony of the spheres. In Geertgen's painting the three attributes of Mary (glory, sadness and joy) are represented by angels encircling the Madonna in three rings. The inner circle contains six-winged cherubs and seraphs. The angels of the second circle hold above the head of Mary the early Christian symbols of glorification, scrolls with the word "Sanctus" appearing on them three times. The rest bear the objects associated with the Passion: the cross, the crown of thorns, a spear, nails, a hammer, and a column. The outside circle presents a multitude of musical angels, symbolizing heavenly happiness. Here we can see nearly all of the instruments of the period: lutes, violas, double recorders, trumpets, drums, bells, horns, bagpipes, hurdy-gurdies, etc. The larger keyboard instruments are located in the corners; on the organ we can see the hand-operated bellows. Obviously, the painter did not intend to reproduce the image of a real orchestra, that is why he included instruments which were never used together new21/Geertgen Tot Sint Jans-249344.jpg
Painting ID:: 62511
View of the Tiber and Castel St Angelo 1776-77 Grey wash over black chalk, 166 x 220 mm Mus?e du Louvre, Paris David's first studies in Rome were drawings of Roman antiquities and landmarks. He filled two albums with these drawings. Author: DAVID, Jacques-Louis Title: View of the Tiber and Castel St Angelo Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , French , landscape new21/Jan Davidz de Heem-995997.jpg
Painting ID:: 63046
Adam and Eve 1520 Oil on panel, 168,9 x 111,4 cm Royal Collection, Windsor This theme occurs at least nine times in Mabuse's painted and graphic oeuvre, but none of these renderings is dated. On grounds of style, however, the present painting would seem to have been undertaken after the Neptune and Amphitrite of 1516 (Berlin, Staatliche Museen) or the Hercules and Deinara of 1517 (Birmingham, Barber Institute of Fine Arts), and to have preceded the Adam and Eve dating from around 1525 (Berlin, Staatliche Museen). In general terms, as his career developed, Mabuse evolved compositions of greater complexity characterised by a repertoire of contorted poses with exaggerated anatomy and a vivid treatment of chiaroscuro. At the same time his technique became altogether freer. The Adam and Eve in the Royal Collection may date from around 1520. Mabuse refers to a number of prints for the poses of Adam and Eve: D?rer's Adam and Eve of 1504, Jacopo de' Barbari's Mars and Venus and Marcantonio Raimondi's Adam and Eve after Raphael. The pose of Eve is perhaps more specifically related to D?rer's engraving known as The Dream of the Doctor, particularly the upper part of the body. Mabuse had visited Italy in 1508-9 and became a prime exponent of Northern Mannerism, a style that evolved principally from the cross-fertilisation of German and Italian art. Quite apart from the large scale of the painting, the prominence of the foreground figures is still further enhanced by the sudden drop down to the middle-ground, dominated by a fountain set in the Garden of Eden. Fanciful architecture of this kind is frequently found in Mabuse's work. He was also a remarkably fine painter of the nude. The treatment of the musculature may not be to modern taste, but it was undoubtedly inspired by classical sculpture. The handling of the hair, especially Eve's long tresses, which may have influenced Milton, was a speciality of the artist. Supplementing the narrative of The Fall as recounted in the second and third chapters of Genesis is a certain amount of symbolism, which is illustrated in Mabuse's work: the two trees represent the Tree of Life and the Tree of Good and Evil, while the plants in the immediate foreground (columbine and sea holly) probably symbolise the contrasting emotions of the fear of God and the lust experienced by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Adam wears an apron of leaves, but Eve is still technically naked. Mabuse was concerned to paint an epitome of the theme and was therefore disposed to take liberties with the biblical text. This painting was presented by the States-General of Holland to Charles I in 1636. It was sold in 1650 after the death of Charles I, but was recovered at the time of the Restoration. It has been suggested that John Milton, who was appointed Latin Secretary to Cromwell's Council of State in 1649, may have seen the work before it was sold, since the description of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost (Book 4, lines 300-18) is fairly close. Artist: GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse) Painting Title: Adam and Eve , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Flemish , , religious new21/GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse)-735325.jpg
Painting ID:: 63078
The New Town Hall in Amsterdam after 1652 Oil on canvas, 73 x 86 cm Musee du Louvre, Paris This is the second version of the same subject that he completed shortly after the first painting. (The first is in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.) Here the viewpoint is somewhat further to the right and the perspective is different; the foreshortening of the Town Hall's fa?ade is less pronounced, and the lantern's distortion - too strong in the first version - has been corrected. Artist: HEYDEN, Jan van der Painting Title: The New Town Hall in Amsterdam , 1651-1700 Painting Style: Dutch , , landscape new21/HEYDEN, Jan van der-899656.jpg
Painting ID:: 63085
Annunciation 1436 Oil on wood, 39 x 24 cm Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid The panel depicting in grisaille the Angel of the Annunciation is one of the wings of a small portable diptych. The other wing representing the Virgin Annunciate is in the same museum. Artist: EYCK, Jan van Painting Title: Annunciation , 1401-1450 Painting Style: Flemish , , religious new21/EYCK, Jan van-646575.jpg
Painting ID:: 63086
Annunciation 1436 Oil on wood, 39 x 24 cm Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid The panel depicting in grisaille the Virgin Annunciate is one of the wings of a small portable diptych. The other wing representing the Angel Annunciating is in the same museum. Artist: EYCK, Jan van Painting Title: Annunciation , 1401-1450 Painting Style: Flemish , , religious new21/EYCK, Jan van-577954.jpg
Painting ID:: 63093
Portrait of Baudouin of Burgundy - Oil on panel Staatliche Museen Berlin Mabuse painted many portraits. By their rigorous psychological analysis he is surely one of the most talented northern artists to have practised this genre. Usually, he would paint his sitters against a dark background. Artist: GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse) Painting Title: Portrait of Baudouin of Burgundy , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Flemish , , portrait new21/GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse)-894682.jpg
Painting ID:: 63096
Portrait of Christian II King of Denmark c. 1523 Engraving, 267 x 215 mm Netherlandish Institute, Paris Artist: GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse) Painting Title: Portrait of Christian II, King of Denmark , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Flemish , , portrait new21/GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse)-637844.jpg
Painting ID:: 63100
Deposition 1510-20 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 141 x 106,5 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The picture shows an early example of the works of Romanist painters (Northern artists influenced by Italian renaissance painting). Artist: GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse) Painting Title: Deposition , 1501-1550 Painting Style: Flemish , , religious new21/GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse)-228282.jpg
Painting ID:: 63916
The Madonna with Canon van der Paele 1436 Oil on wood, width of detail: 47 cm Groeninge Museum, Bruges The bald wrinkled head of the old canon is an impressive exercise in psychological analysis.Artist:EYCK, Jan van Title: The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (detail) Painted in 1401-1450 , Flemish - - painting : religious new21/EYCK, Jan van-949549.jpg
Painting ID:: 63917
The Madonna with Canon van der Paele 1436 Oil on wood, width of details: 7,5 cm (each) Groeninge Museum, Bruges The picture shows some architectural details of the painting. The reliefs and sculptures on the capitals in the background and on the Virgin's throne all allude to Christ's salvation of humanity. The depictions on the throne of Adam and Eve, Cain killing Abel, and Samson fighting the lion, together with the depiction on the capitals of Abraham sacrificing Isaac, create an Old Testament framework which allows the observer to reflect on the mercy of God, who sent his son, Christ the Redeemer, into the world. Redemption from sin (Cain killing his brother) is possible only through the power of faith (Samson overpowering the lion). The goodness and grace of God "at the moment of truth" (Abraham sacrificing Isaac) serves as proof of the redeeming power and presence of servants of God both celestial (St. George) and mortal (Canon van der Paele).Artist:EYCK, Jan van Title: The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (details) Painted in 1401-1450 , Flemish - - painting : religious new21/EYCK, Jan van-768756.jpg