Antonio de Pereda 1611 – 1678
Would you like a snack?
Detail: chest, keys, cups, tumbler, porridge pot, mulling stick, plate, biscuit, band box, cheese, bowl, flask.
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Still life with Ebony Chest – Pereda 1652
Categories: 17th Century, Painting, Spanish
Tags: antonio de pereda, band box, biscuit, bowl, cheese, chest, cups, flask, food, keys, mulling stick, plate, porridge pot, tumbler
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The Fat Kitchen – Steen 1668
Jan Steen 1626 – 1679
Detail: hearth, fireplace, dripping pan, gridiron, meat, cooking pot, cleaver, salamander, key, lantern, plates, stool, spoon, pitcher, child, dog.
Categories: 17th Century, Dutch, Painting
Tags: child, cleaver, Cooking pot, dog, dripping pan, fireplace, gridiron, hearth, key, lantern, meat, pitcher, plates, salamander, spoon, stool
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The Gossips – Scott before 1772
Samuel Scott 1702-1772 from Yale Center for British Art
Detail: basket, hats, shoes, short cape, elbows, apron, fichu.
Categories: 18th Century, British, Watercolor
Tags: apron, basket, elbows, fichu, hats, shoes, short cape
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An Encampment in St. James Park – Sandby 1780
Paul Sandby, 1731-1809 from Yale Center for British Art
Are you getting ready for events this summer?
Detail: encampment, soldier, horse, officer, tent, marquee tent, children, dog, camp furniture, brazier, tea kettle, sentry, dragoon, chair, table, bed, drawers, candle stick, rug, tent ropes.
Categories: 18th Century, British, Watercolor
Tags: bed, brazier, camp furniture, candle stick, chair, children, dog, dragoon, drawers, horse, marquee tent, officer, rug, sentry, soldier, table, tea kettle, tent, tent ropes
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Still Life – Hoogstraten 1666
Samuel van Hoogstraten 1627 – 1678
The realism of this type of painting is just stunning. Boy that marbled notebook looks familiar.
Detail: marbled paper, scissors, chain, cameo, comb, paper, quill, pen knife, marbled notebook, book, folding knife, medal, letter, sealing wax, spectacles, leather thong.
Categories: 17th Century, Dutch, Painting
Tags: book, cameo, chain, comb, folding knife, leather thong, letter, marbled notebook, marbled paper, medal, paper, pen knife, quill, scissors, sealing wax, spectacles
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London Cries, A Man Swaggering – Sandby
Paul Sandby, 1731-1809, from Yale Center for British Art
It looks like another one of those guys wearing his socks over the breeches.
Detail: shoes, socks, breeches, coat, waistcoat, sword, stick, hair, tricorn
The Encampment on Blackheath MDCCLXXX – Sandby 1783
Paul Sandby 1731 – 1809
Day 5 of wheelbarrow week and this one is a Duesy. Click on the picture and get the close-up, I promise you will find something interesting.
Detail: wheelbarrow, children, doll, dog, wagon, horse, soldier, mill, burrow, basket, fire, cook-pot, cooking, tent, vendor, drum, waggoner, cards, duck, camp follower, military camp
Bonus wheelbarrow from Diderot’s L’Enclyclopedie
Categories: 18th Century, British, Engraving
Tags: basket, burrow, camp follower, cards, children, cook pot, cooking, dog, doll, drum, duck, fire, horse, military camp, mill, soldier, tent, vendor, waggoner, wagon, wheelbarrow
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Market Scene – Aertsen 1550
Pieter Aertsen 1508 – 1575
Day 4 of wheelbarrow week. This picture is just fabulous.
Detail: wheelbarrow, market, cart, horse, basket, food, pots, chair, produce, vendors, tent, well, chicken, barrel
Bonus wheelbarrow engraving from Diderot’s L’Encyclopedie
The Interior of The Nieuwe Kerk – van Vliet 1665
Hendrick van Vliet 1611-1675
Day 3 of Wheelbarrow Week.
Detail: church, tile floor, grave, cloth cap, pick, shovel, short jacket, dog, wheelbarrow, rope
Another bonus wheelbarrow from Diderot’s L’Encyclopedie
Categories: 17th Century, Dutch, Painting
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Market Scene with a Quack – Victors 1650
Jan Victors 1620 – 1676
Day 2 of Wheelbarrow Week.
Detail: wheelbarrow, quack, chair, medicine, unbrella, child, table, chair, barrel, apples
Another bonus wheelbarrow from Diderot’s L’Encyclopedie
