Posts Tagged With: paper

Still Life – Hoogstraten 1666

17th century Still Life by Samuel Van Hoogstraten Ca 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.

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The Ballad Singer – Morland 1764

Henry Robert Morland, 1730-1797  — from Yale Center for British Art

I find this painting quite striking.  Detail: luminary, lantern, pin, shawl, hat, cloth cap, paper, music.

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