Category Archives: Dutch painters

Rembrandt, Geertje Dircx and Hendrickje Stoffels

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

It is thought that the woman in the painting is Hendrickje Stoffels, who was Rembrandt’s maid and who shared the second part of the artist’s life.  Later she would become his lover and would remain by his side until the … Continue reading →

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Rembrandt von Rijn and Saskia van Uylenburg

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Saskia van Uylenburgh in Arcadian Costume was painted by Rembrandt in 1635,  The painting is housed in the National Gallery, London.  Saskia who was twenty-three years old at the time and who had been married to Rembrandt for just twelve … Continue reading →

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The Holy Family paintings by Joos van Cleve

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

The artist I am featuring today is the early Netherlandish painter Joos van der Beke, better known as Joos van Cleve because he is thought to have been born in the Lower Rhine region of Kleve, possibly the Rhine-river town … Continue reading →

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Vincent van Gogh, the copyist – Part 1 – Japonisme

Posted on December 24, 2012 by

“…good artists copy but great artists steal…” This was a quote attributed to Pablo Picasso and one supposes that his utterance referred to the fact that every artist is influenced by what has been done before or during their lifetime. … Continue reading →

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Winter Landscape with koek en zopie at night by Andreas Schelfhout

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

In my last blog I looked at the life of Johan Jongkind.  His initial artistic tuition came when he attended the Drawing Academy of The Hague and it was here that he was taught by Andreas Schelfhout.  Having looked at … Continue reading →

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Frigates by Johan Barthold Jongkind

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

My featured artist today is the nineteenth century Dutch painter and one who is considered to be the forerunner of Impressionism.  His name is Johan Barthold Jongkind. Jongkind was born in 1819 in the small Dutch town of Lattrop in … Continue reading →

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Francesca da Rimini by Ary Scheffer

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

What is your perception of Hell?  Do you think of it as a huge furnace full of burning souls, or simply a place of deprivation?  We do not know and I don’t believe we will ever know what it is … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Birth by Jan Steen

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

I do my best to feature paintings by artists that people may not have come across before and I try not to feature the same artist too many times but sometimes I cannot help but revisit works by my favourite … Continue reading →

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A Merry Company at Table by Hendrick Pot

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

Two paintings today; one by the artist and one of the artist himself.  One of the pleasures I get from my blog is that besides discovering new artists and their paintings, I acquire an insight with regards the history and … Continue reading →

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A View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam by Jan van der Heyden

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Today I am going to leave 19th century French art and Impressionism, which has featured in my recent blogs, and look at some 16th and 17th Dutch and Flemish art and artists.  Dutch art has always been very popular and … Continue reading →

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